Longan production in Asia - United Nations in Indonesia

Appendix 1
CULTIVARS OF MAIN LONGAN CENTRES IN ASIA
China
The popular longan cultivars are:
Guangxi province : ‘Dawuyuan’
‘Guangyan’
Guangdong province :
‘Chuliang’
‘Shixia’
‘Wuyuan’
Fujian province : ‘Fuyan’
‘Wulongling’
‘Chike’
‘Dongbi’
‘Honghezi’
The characteristics of the more popular longan cultivars are as follows:
‘Chuliang’
‘Chuliang’ is a native and superior quality longan cultivar in Gaozhou area within
the Guangdong Province. It is characterized by:
• large fruit size (average fruit weight of 12.0 - 16.5g),
• thick and firm aril,
• high aril recovery rate (edible part of 69 - 74 percent),
• sweet with Total Soluble Solids (TSS) of 20 - 23 percent, and
• fragrant flavour.
The dry fruit rate ranges from 35-38 percent and the dry flesh rate from 13-16
percent. The colour of processed dried flesh is golden yellow. The cultivar produces high
and stable yield. Its clones show the features of early bearing, high and stable yielding,
and hereditary stability. Presently the cultivar covers a total area of over 100,000 ha in the
country. About 30,000 ha were planted in Gaozhou where 12,000 ha are in production
with an output of more than 60,000 metric tons (Huang et al., 2000).
The cultivar was awarded the Gold Prize at the First China Agricultural Exposition
in 1992 and won the title of “Famous Brand Produce” at the Third China Agricultural
Exposition in 1997 and also at the China International Agricultural Exposition in 1999
(Liu et al., 2000).
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