Zvinotendwa kuti nzvimbo yekuzvarwa yechibereko ichi pane imwe nzvimbo pakati peIndia neBurma, kana kuChina. Parizvino inorimwa munyika dzakaita seSri Lanka, South India, South China nedzimwe nyika dzinoverengeka dzeSoutheast Asia. Muchero wacho wakaita denderedzwa kana kuti oval muchimiro chenyama inopenya uye une mhodzi imwe chete nhema. Muti murefu ndeweiyo inogara yakasvibira, inokura pakureba kwemamita 9-12. Longan inzvimbo yakawanda yevhitamini uye zvicherwa zvakasiyana. Iine mavitamini B1, B2, B3, pamwe nevhitamini C, zvicherwa: iron, magnesium, silicon. Chinhu chakanakisa chezvose mapuroteni uye fiber. 100 g ye longan inopa muviri 1,3 g yeprotein, 83 g yemvura, 15 g yemacarbohydrates, 1 g yefiber uye anenge makumi matanhatu makorikori. Chimbofunga mamwe mabhenefiti ehutano emuchero longan:
- Inozivikanwa nekurapa kwayo pamatambudziko emudumbu. Longan inobatsira nekurwadziwa kwemudumbu, inowedzera immune system, iyo inobvumira muviri kurwisa zvirwere zvakasiyana-siyana.
- Iyo ine mhedzisiro inobatsira pakushanda kweiyo circulatory system, pamwe nemoyo.
- Mushonga wakanaka weanemia, sezvo unobatsira muviri kutora iron.
- Mashizha emuti murefu ane quercetin, ine antiviral uye antioxidant properties. Inoshandiswa mukurapa kwemhando dzakasiyana dzekenza, allergies, mukurapa kwemoyo uye chirwere cheshuga.
- Longan inovandudza mashandiro etsinga, inodzikamisa hurongwa hwetsinga.
- Iyo kernel yemuchero ine mafuta, tannins uye saponins, iyo inoshanda sehemostatic agent.
- Longan zvakare yakapfuma mu phenolic acid, inoshanda seyakasimba antioxidant uye ine antifungal, antiviral, uye antibacterial properties.