Fanliduo Longan

Fanliduo Longan

　　  The Fanliduo longan from Longhu is a historically renowned delicacy in the region, ranked among the top ten rare and premium fruit tree varieties in Chaozhou City, and also one of the rare and branded fruit trees in Shantou City.

    This variety features large fruit, thick flesh, crisp texture, and a sweet taste. The fruit is slightly round in shape, with a circumference of 6.7 cm, an individual weight of 4.18 grams, a flesh weight of 2.2 grams, a peel weight of 19.8 grams, an edible portion of 52.5%, and a total sugar content of 25.9%. There are approximately 52 fruits per catty.

    After a wind disaster in 1954, villagers from the village salvaged a mother plant (with only secondary branches) from the Han River floodwaters and planted it in Bobog Lane. Through annual air-layering propagation and transplantation elsewhere, the plant thrived. Due to its prominent fruit eyes and a skin pattern resembling that of a pineapple, it was named “Fanliduo” in the Chaozhou dialect.