Pulasan Fruit Live Plants (Nephelium Mutabile)

Although less popular outside of Southeast Asia, pulasan/Nephelium Mutabile, which is sweeter than rambutan and lychee, is frequently consumed fresh. The fruit has a dark crimson, leathery peel when it is fully mature. The skin of the conical fruit is covered in stubby spines that give it an appearance most similar to rambutan. Twisting the apple open with both hands will reveal its white, delicious flesh (similar to a lychee in texture). The pulasan tree exists only as decoration.

The fruit is ovoid, dark crimson, and covered in stiff, leathery spines or thick, fleshy tubercles that have blunt tips. One or two tiny, immature fruits could be found nestling next to the stem. The seed coat, which separates from the shining, thick, white or yellowish-white meat inside, is a thin, grayish-brown colour. Generally speaking, the flavour is more sweeter than the rambutan’s. The seed is light brown, ovoid, oblong, or ellipsoid, and it has a slight flattening on one side.

Common name: Pulasan, Malay, Kapulasan, Ngoh-Khonsan and Bulala or Panungayan

Botanical name:  Nephelium Mutabile

Bloom Time/Fruiting: 4-5 Years

Maintenance required: Moderate.