The Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute’s Chiayi Agricultural Experiment Branch has developed an advanced flower induction technique using potassium chlorate to boost longan production during ...

Compared with its brilliantly colored botanical cousins lychee and rambutan, longan is pedestrian at first glance. The plum-sized longan fruit is featureless and mousy brown when ripe. However, once ...

For 25-30 days, bees gather nectar from the longan flowers, creating a rich and flavourful honey that captures the essence of the season. With a total longan area of some 5,000ha, the northern Hưng ...

Honey from longan flowers is famed for its fragrance and nutritious value. In big longan fields and small gardens in the northern province of Hưng Yên, rows of bee nesting boxes are placed in long ...

In a bid to promote agricultural products in southern Taiwan, the Kaohsiung County Government yesterday held activities to promote poultry products and honey made from longan flowers. A series of ...

Longan looks like lychee, is much sweeter and yields twice as much as the best lychee tree. Its fruit is smaller than lychee, and has brown smooth skin and therefore is called “Little Brother of ...

Five things to do in the garden: Fruit. Longan (Dimocarpus longan) is related to lychee. While the peel of lychee is pinkish-red and bumpy, that of the longan is brown and smooth. In both cases, ...