Lychee

The lychee (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration spelling) or laichi and lichu is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It is a tropical fruit tree. It is primarily found in China, India, Madagascar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Southern Africa and Mexico. It is a fragranced fruit with a sweet taste. It is a medium-sized evergreen tree, reaching 15 20 m tall, with alternate pinnate leaves, each leaf 15 25 cm long, with 2-8 lateral leaflets 5 10 cm long; the terminal leaflet is absent. The newly emerging young leaves are a bright coppery red at first, before turning green as they expand to full size. The flowers are small, greenish-white or yellowish-white, produced in panicles up to 30 cm long. Flowers at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. The fruit is a drupe, 3 4 cm long and 3 cm in diameter. The outside is covered by a pink-red, roughly-textured rind that is inedible but easily removed. They are eaten in many different dessert dishes.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Agne F Vandome (Herausgeber), John McBrewster (Herausgeber), Frederic P. Miller (Herausgeber), Agnes F. Vandome (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9786130235918
• ISBN: 978-613-0-23591-8
• Seiten: 164
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau; Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei, Ernährung