![]() ![]() It has thick twigs, flowers with seven to eleven stamens in sessile clusters, smooth fruit with protuberances up to 1 mm (0.039 in). It is only known in cultivation, in Malaysia and Indonesia. It has thin twigs, six to seven stamens, long oval fruit with spiky protuberances up to 3 mm (0.12 in). It is common in the wild in the Philippines and rarely cultivated. It has thin twigs, flowers typically have six stamens, fruit are smooth or with protuberances up to 2 mm (0.079 in). It grows wild in southern China, northern Vietnam, and Cambodia. chinensis is the only commercialized lychee. There are three subspecies, determined by flower arrangement, twig thickness, fruit, and a number of stamens. It was described and named by French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in his account " Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine, fait depuis 1774 jusqu'à 1781" (translation: "Voyage to the East Indies and China, made between 17"), which was published in 1782. Litchi chinensis is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. Pierre Sonnerat's drawing from Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (1782) Lychee seeds contain methylene cyclopropyl glycine which can cause hypoglycemia associated with outbreaks of encephalopathy in undernourished Indian and Vietnamese children who had consumed lychee fruit. The outside of the fruit is pink-red, roughly textured, and inedible, covering sweet flesh eaten in many different dessert dishes. A tall evergreen tree, the lychee bears small fleshy fruits. ![]() China is the main producer of lychees, followed by India, other countries in Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Madagascar and South Africa. It is a tropical tree native to the Guangdong, Fujian, and Yunnan provinces of Southeast and Southwest China, where cultivation is documented from the 11th century. Lychee (US: / ˈ l iː ˌ tʃ iː/ LEE-chee UK: / ˈ l aɪ ˌ tʃ iː/ LIE-chee Litchi chinensis Chinese: 荔枝 pinyin: lìzhī Jyutping: lai6 zi1 Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-chi) is a monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae.
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