Lychee

A lychee (pronounced LIE-chee) is a tropical fruit in the genus Litchi. It is grown in some parts of India like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar apart from southern China. Lychees from India are distinctly different from the ones grown in China–apart from being larger and juicier, their outer shell is reddish unlike the brown color lychees in China. Since it is tropical, it will only grow in a warm, wet climate.

Lychee Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Subfamily:	Sapindoideae
Genus:	Litchi Sonn.
Species:	L. chinensis
Binomial name
Litchi chinensis Sonn.[1]

Lychee
"Lychee" in Chinese characters
Chinese	荔枝
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin lìzhī Gwoyeu Romatzyh lihjy Wade–Giles li4-chih1 IPA [lî.ʈʂɨ́] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization laih-jī IPA [lɐ̀i.tsíː] Jyutping lai6-zi1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ nāi-chi Tâi-lô nāi-tsi

The inside of a lychee is a clear, pinkish-white color. The outside of the fruit is a hard spiky shell. Its seed is brown in color and very hard. The seeds are poisonous and should not be eaten. The lychee has a sweet taste, and may be frozen, made into sauces, jam, puree, or preserves. When frozen, the lychee tastes similar to sorbet.