[1][3][8][9] The tree is average sized, reaching 30 metres (98 ft) in height and 75 centimetres (30 in) in diameter.

[10] The pinnately compound leaves occur in odd numbers, with thin hair, and 6 to 9 buds at intervals.

[10] The flowers are located in inflorescences that grow and hang from large branches or the trunk; the bunches may number up to 5 in one place.

With the skin removed, the fruit resembles peeled garlic in appearance,[12] with around five white, translucent lobes, some of which contain a flat, bitter tasting seed.

[5][6] Other notable varieties include 'Concepcion' (often misspelled as 'Conception', named after Concepcion, Talisay, Negros Occidental) from the Philippines; and 'Uttaradit', a cultivar that is a regional specialty of Uttaradit province, Thailand.

To be eaten, the fruit is bitten and the flesh sucked through the hole created,[10] or rubbed until the skin breaks and the seeds are retrieved.

Although the process requires up to several months,[20] the new rooted tree produced is itself ready to bear fruit within two years.

[10][21] Lansium domesticum is grown from low grounds up to heights of 600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level, in areas with an average rainfall of 1,500 to 2,500 millimetres (59 to 98 in) a year.

This period can vary between areas, but blooming is generally after the beginning of the rainy season and fruit production some four months later.

Lansium domesticum is native to the Malesian phytochorion of Southeast Asia, from Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, to Java, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines (Luzon, Camiguin, Basilan, and Mindanao), Sulawesi, and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

[1][22][23] It has also been introduced to Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Micronesia, Hawaii, Sri Lanka, India, the Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname, among others.

[1][22][13] The tree is cultivated commercially in the Philippines (Filipino lansones, Cebuano buwabuwa or buahan, among other names), Thailand (Thai: ลางสาด, langsat), Cambodia, Vietnam, India, and Malaysia.

It grows well in the wetter areas (120 inches/3 meters or more annual rainfall) of Costa Rica, where it is still very rare, having been introduced decades ago by the United Fruit Company.

[10] The wood is hard, thick, heavy, and resilient, allowing it to be used in the construction of rural houses.

[24][25] The town of Paete, Laguna in the northern Philippines, also holds the annual Paet-Taka-Lanzones Festival every third week of September.

[26] The barangay of Concepcion in the city of Talisay, Negros Occidental, where the cultivar 'Concepcion' originates from, also celebrates the fruit in the Maradula Festival (an acronym for Marang, Mangosteen, Rambutan, Durian and Lanzones).