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Rambutan

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A whole rambutan fruit half peeled on a plain surface, its red hairy shell opened to show translucent white flesh
The hairy shell peels away in one piece to reveal white flesh around a seed.

The spines are soft and bendy.

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Flesh is firmer and less perfumed than lychee.

Cut around the middle and twist — the skin opens like a shell.

Rambutan is bright red and covered in soft spines. The hairs may look alarming, but they're harmless. Inside, the fruit is white and sweet.

Known to botanists as Nephelium lappaceum.