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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 07:47, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi, does anybody know why it's called 'nephelium'? Does it have anything to do with the biblical titans? Thanks Lotusduck 18:25, 19 November 2005 (UTC)lotusduck
Is it good for reforestation? For its timber / wood? —Preceding
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201.230.35.1 (
talk) 22:01, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
This article is based, according to its early page history, on "a public-domain report from the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture" (see base of page). However, this appears actually to be from the Rambutan page of Purdue University's Fruits of Warm Climates by Julia F. Morton; this is a copyrighted work, not USDA nor public domain. Thus it should not have been used in the first place.
As the page has been edited nearly 50 times since then with additional details from numerous wiki editors, I am a little wary of deleting the entire page as copyvio, but am editing it heavily with details (primarily botanical info) from a selection of other sources to reduce the similarity to the Purdue text.
I would however value other ideas as to the best way to proceed - should it actually be deleted and started over? If not, could other editors please make further significant changes to the aspects about which I know less (particularly the cultivation and production side). Please note that, as a species from southeast Asia, Commonwealth English spellings should be used.
Thanks - MPF 15:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Are the fruits of this tree edible. The article talks about cultivation and harvesting, but I didn't see anything about eating them. -- EncycloPetey 13:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
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Why is the second picture at the right column named "Litchis.jpg"? Fruits on the picture look more like rambutan than lychee, but the filename is confusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trolzen ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Rambutan white background alt.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 3, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-02-03. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng { chat} 22:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
I removed the following because it was very unclear. Does this refer to a totally different "species", or just a local cultivar of the same species? I was also completely confused about what Melicoccus bijugatus" had to do with anything until I realized it must be known in Spanish "mamón". But this could be worth clarifying and including if anyone can find a source that verifies this is actually rambutan and not another species.
"A species regularly sold in Costa Rican markets may be known as "wild" rambutan. Yellow in color, it is smaller than the usual red variety. The flesh exposed when the outer skin is peeled off is sweet and sour, slightly grape-like and gummy to the taste. In Panama and Costa Rican Spanish, it is known as mamón chino ("Chinese sucker") due to its Asian origin and the likeness of the edible part with Melicoccus bijugatus."
Dowcet ( talk) 09:30, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
This sentence under "Quality" seems to come out of nowhere and makes no sense in context: "Thus, it is common Malay folklore to not eat too much rambutan when one has a cough." PapayaSF ( talk) 05:03, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
The plant is being widely used for fringe "science" and "alternative treatment". Therefore it is of importance to bring the subject up already in the header. The fact that it is treated as a hoax, is dealt with by the advertisers themselves, so there is no argument(!) and it could be said they shot themselves in the leg.
Sources like blogs can be brought up exactly in cases like this, where a blog or a blog's rhetoric is the topic being discussed, just to show the point, and not to prove or disprove any extra point from the content. Please return my edit, or propose an alternative. פשוט pashute ♫ ( talk) 02:43, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
Here's what I wrote:
and so on and so forth... Now what do you think you get if you write "Rambutan Diabetes" or "rambutan cancer". Surprise surprise:
and on and on.
So, please put it back. Its short, its well sourced this time, and it is important. פשוט pashute ♫ ( talk) 13:03, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
There are several published articles that are written in Indonesian that bear on this article. Is there an editor that knows Indonesian that could assess the info in these articles for inclusion here? Sbelknap ( talk) 15:41, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 07:47, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi, does anybody know why it's called 'nephelium'? Does it have anything to do with the biblical titans? Thanks Lotusduck 18:25, 19 November 2005 (UTC)lotusduck
Is it good for reforestation? For its timber / wood? —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
201.230.35.1 (
talk) 22:01, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
This article is based, according to its early page history, on "a public-domain report from the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture" (see base of page). However, this appears actually to be from the Rambutan page of Purdue University's Fruits of Warm Climates by Julia F. Morton; this is a copyrighted work, not USDA nor public domain. Thus it should not have been used in the first place.
As the page has been edited nearly 50 times since then with additional details from numerous wiki editors, I am a little wary of deleting the entire page as copyvio, but am editing it heavily with details (primarily botanical info) from a selection of other sources to reduce the similarity to the Purdue text.
I would however value other ideas as to the best way to proceed - should it actually be deleted and started over? If not, could other editors please make further significant changes to the aspects about which I know less (particularly the cultivation and production side). Please note that, as a species from southeast Asia, Commonwealth English spellings should be used.
Thanks - MPF 15:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Are the fruits of this tree edible. The article talks about cultivation and harvesting, but I didn't see anything about eating them. -- EncycloPetey 13:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
This article talk page was automatically added with {{ WikiProject Food and drink}} banner as it falls under Category:Food or one of its subcategories. If you find this addition an error, Kindly undo the changes and update the inappropriate categories if needed. The bot was instructed to tagg these articles upon consenus from WikiProject Food and drink. You can find the related request for tagging here . If you have concerns , please inform on the project talk page -- TinucherianBot ( talk) 11:25, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
Why is the second picture at the right column named "Litchis.jpg"? Fruits on the picture look more like rambutan than lychee, but the filename is confusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trolzen ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Rambutan white background alt.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 3, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-02-03. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng { chat} 22:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
I removed the following because it was very unclear. Does this refer to a totally different "species", or just a local cultivar of the same species? I was also completely confused about what Melicoccus bijugatus" had to do with anything until I realized it must be known in Spanish "mamón". But this could be worth clarifying and including if anyone can find a source that verifies this is actually rambutan and not another species.
"A species regularly sold in Costa Rican markets may be known as "wild" rambutan. Yellow in color, it is smaller than the usual red variety. The flesh exposed when the outer skin is peeled off is sweet and sour, slightly grape-like and gummy to the taste. In Panama and Costa Rican Spanish, it is known as mamón chino ("Chinese sucker") due to its Asian origin and the likeness of the edible part with Melicoccus bijugatus."
Dowcet ( talk) 09:30, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
This sentence under "Quality" seems to come out of nowhere and makes no sense in context: "Thus, it is common Malay folklore to not eat too much rambutan when one has a cough." PapayaSF ( talk) 05:03, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
The plant is being widely used for fringe "science" and "alternative treatment". Therefore it is of importance to bring the subject up already in the header. The fact that it is treated as a hoax, is dealt with by the advertisers themselves, so there is no argument(!) and it could be said they shot themselves in the leg.
Sources like blogs can be brought up exactly in cases like this, where a blog or a blog's rhetoric is the topic being discussed, just to show the point, and not to prove or disprove any extra point from the content. Please return my edit, or propose an alternative. פשוט pashute ♫ ( talk) 02:43, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
Here's what I wrote:
and so on and so forth... Now what do you think you get if you write "Rambutan Diabetes" or "rambutan cancer". Surprise surprise:
and on and on.
So, please put it back. Its short, its well sourced this time, and it is important. פשוט pashute ♫ ( talk) 13:03, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
There are several published articles that are written in Indonesian that bear on this article. Is there an editor that knows Indonesian that could assess the info in these articles for inclusion here? Sbelknap ( talk) 15:41, 10 August 2020 (UTC)