Longan Fruit Queen of Mangoes 1.2-1.5m
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The "Longan Fruit Queen of Mangoes 1.2–1.5m" refers to a live longan fruit plant, often marketed under this name, that is approximately 1.2 to 1.5 meters tall and sold for home gardening or orchard use.
Here’s a breakdown of what this product typically includes and why it’s gaining attention:
🌿 What is Longan Fruit?
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Scientific name: Dimocarpus longan
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Common name: Longan, sometimes called “Dragon’s Eye” due to its translucent flesh and dark seed.
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Family: Sapindaceae (same family as lychee and rambutan)
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Flavor profile: Sweet, juicy, and slightly musky—similar to lychee but more subtle.
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Nutritional value: Rich in vitamin C, antioxidants, and minerals like potassium and magnesium.
👑 Why "Queen of Mangoes"?
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This is likely a marketing term rather than a botanical classification. It emphasizes the fruit’s premium quality, exotic appeal, and royal flavor, drawing a parallel to mangoes, which are often called the “King of Fruits” in South Asia.
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The phrase may also reflect the fruit’s popularity in tropical and subtropical regions, where both mangoes and longans are cultivated and cherished.
🌱 What does "1.2–1.5m" mean?
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This refers to the height of the plant being sold—between 1.2 and 1.5 meters tall.
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These are young, semi-mature trees, suitable for planting in gardens or orchards. With proper care, they can grow much taller and begin fruiting in a few years.
🛒 Where is it sold?
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Retailers like offer these plants for sale in the UAE.
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Delivery is typically available within a few days, depending on the region
Longan Fruit Queen of Mangoes is a small, sweet, and juicy tropical fruit closely related to the lychee (Litchi chinensis).
It is highly valued for its unique flavor, nutritional benefits, and adaptability to various culinary uses.
Native to Southeast Asia, the longan has become a favorite fruit in many tropical and subtropical regions.
Plant
Wood Apple tree is deciduous, thorny and small to medium sized which grows from 6 to 15 meters high having shallowly furrowed and grey bark. Spines are short, axillary and straight.
The young branchlets as well as foliage are covered with short hairs which turns glabrous with age. Leaves are alternate and imparipinnate having narrowly winged rachis.
Leaflets are subsessile and arranged oppositely with obovate and 25 to 35 mm long by 10 to 20 mm wide lamina. Flowers have small, flat, deltoid, caduceus and dentate calyx.
Petals are oblong to ovate to lanceolate which imbricate in bud having short and finely pilose disk.
Fruits are large berry in globose shape measuring 7 to 10 cm in diameter having hard and woody shell. Fruits have sticky brown and edible pulp with compressed, oblong and white seeds.
Bark
The tree has grayish or pale brown bark which is smooth, flaking or finely fissured.
The bark contains slimy sap which oozes out from cut parts. Gum is a gummy and clear sap that exudes from wounded branches.
The gum becomes solid gradually which tastes sweet at first and then irritates to the throat.
Leaves
The plant has alternate and trifoliate leaves. Each leaflet is ovate with pointed or tapering tip and rounded base. Leaflets measures 5 to 14 x 2 to 6 cm.
Young leaves are pinkish or pale green and is finely hairy.
Mature leaves are smooth and dark green. Each leaf contains 4 to 12 pairs of side veins joined at margin.
Flower
Flowers are bisexual, sweetly scented and is pale green or yellowish in color.
Flowers measures 1.5 to 2 cm which is short drooping in unbranched clusters.
It has flat calyx with 4 to 5 small teeth. Petals are 6 to 8 mm which overlaps in bud. Stamens have short filaments and pale brown or short style anthers.
A bright green ovary have inconspicuous disc.
Fruit
Bael Fruit is globose or slightly pear shaped with diameter of 7 to 10 cm. It has thick and hard rind which does not split on ripening. Shell is woody, smooth, gray, green which turns yellow on ripening. Pulp is orange, aromatic with flattened to oblong seeds measuring 1 cm long which bears woolly hairs. Longan Fruit Queen of Mangoes requires 11 months to ripen on tree. As the shell is so hard, it should be cracked with machete or hammer.