Food value of hairy fruit or rambutan

The rambutan is a rubbery red fruit about the size and shape of a golf ball. Short flexible, curved spines give the fruit its name, which means ‘hairy’ in Malay. Botanically, it is Nephelium lappaceum L. (syns. Euphoria nephelium DC.; Dimocarpus crinita Lour.).

Rambutan is indigenous to Malaysia and Indonesia and is distributed throughout the tropical regions of Southeast Asia.  Many years ago, Arab traders introduced it into Zanzibar and Pemba.

Then popular demand brought about systematic efforts to improve the crop and resulted in the establishment of many commercial plantations in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Davan, Iloilo, Laguna, Oriental Mindoro and Zamboanga.

Food Value Per 100 g of Edible Portion:
Calories: 64 kcal
Moisture-82.3 g
Protein-0.46 g
Total Carbohydrates-16.02 g
Reducing Sugars-2.9 g
Sucrose-5.8 g
Fiber-0.24g
Calcium-10.6 mg
Phosphorus-12.9 mg
Iron 1.9 mg
Ascorbic Acid-30 mg

Studies show that fresh fruits of some Philippines cultivars stated that the vitamin C content could be as high as 184 mg per 100 g of the edible portion.
Food value of hairy fruit or rambutan