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Honey varieties

Longan honey

Bees make this honey from the nectar of longan orchards in Southeast and East Asia.

  • Photo of Dimocarpus longan from an iNaturalist observation.Longannectar

Light amber to dark amber

Longan honey

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The honey

Color

Light amber to dark amber · 50.8 to 183.1 mm Pfund

Ten longan honeys from Taiwan and Thailand measured 51 to 183 mm Pfund. [1]

Illustrative screen color. A screen cannot show a laboratory color.

Aroma

Aromatic. Its marker compounds include lilac alcohols, which smell green, grassy, and fresh. [1][2]

Flavor
Not documented
Crystallization
Not documented

Where it comes from

Blossom (nectar)Botanical variety

  • Longan

    Dimocarpus longan

    primary source · nectar

    Published honey references and standards name this source. In other regions, the honey can come from more or different species.

Documented in
Thailand, Vietnam, China

The catalog names these countries. Honey of this type can come from other regions too.

葉子 published the photo of Dimocarpus longan on iNaturalist under CC0 1.0: iNaturalist observation 181556903.

Evidence

Supported Profile

At least one peer-reviewed study of this honey from a relevant region supports the color and a taste or smell value.

A peer-reviewed study of 10 longan honeys from Taiwan and Thailand gives the color. A peer-reviewed study of Thai honeys gives the aroma compounds.

Studies

  1. An Analysis of Longan Honey from Taiwan and Thailand Using Flow Cytometry and Physicochemical Analysis

    Kafle, L., Mabuza, T.Z.

    Foods, 2024

    10 longan honeys from beekeepers in Taiwan and Thailand, with Pfund color.

    DOI: 10.3390/foods13233772 · Open the source

  2. Volatile organic compounds of Thai honeys produced from several floral sources by different honey bee species

    Pattamayutanon, P., Angeli, S., Thakeow, P., Abraham, J., Disayathanoowat, T., Chantawannakul, P.

    PLoS One, 2017

    Aroma compounds of Thai honeys from several floral sources, including longan honey.

    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172099 · Open the source

References

  • Main European unifloral honeys: descriptive sheets — International Honey Commission
  • Standard for Honey CXS 12-1981 — FAO / WHO Codex Alimentarius
  • Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey — European Union
  • Criteria for identifying monofloral and multifloral manuka honey — New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries
  • United States Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey — United States Department of Agriculture
  • Honey for nutrition and health: a review — Journal of the American College of Nutrition

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