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Litchi chinensis Sonn / Litch / 荔枝

  • Introduction
    Litchi chinensis Sonn is usually no more than 10 m tall and sometimes up to 15 m or more, the bark is grayish-black, the inflorescences are apical, broad, and multi-branched, the peduncle is slender, 2-4 mm long, sometimes thick and short, the calyx is covered with short golden-yellow hairs, the fruit is ovate to nearly spherical, 2-3.5 cm long, usually dark red to bright red when ripe, and the seeds are all covered by fleshy arils. The flowering period is spring, and the fruiting period is summer.
  • Common name: / Litch / 荔枝
  • Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Sapindales; Sapindaceae; Litchi
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