Botanical Sidekicks Rambutan and lychee share a common lineage; the two fruits belong to the flowering species, soapberry (botanical name, Sapindaceae), which also includes longan, pulasan, and ackee.

Costco is now stocking exotic fruits like mangosteens, rambutans and baby guavas. Here's how to pick, eat and enjoy these tropical treats like a pro.

This fruit is full of sweet, fibrous, tangy, and fluid-packed flesh that is loved by many people. It is about the same size as an orange with white flesh and a purple-maroon shell, which is one of its ...

Rambutan is in the same botanical family as lychee. Unlike lychee, rambutan is harder to grow. “If you want fruit from a lychee all you have to do is girdle the trunk,” said Huber.

Rambutan is a sweet and beautiful fruit native to Asia which is slowly becoming popular across the world. It is similar to the lychee from the inside but looks completely different from the outside.

Rambutan is the fruit of a rambutan tree (Nephelium lappaceum), a tropical broadleaf evergreen with roots in Southeast Asia, particularly the Malay-Indonesian region.