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Lychee
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Sapindaceae
Tribe:
Nephelieae
Genus:
Litchi Sonn.
Species:
L. chinensis
Binomial name
Litchi chinensis
Sonn.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Corvinia litschi Stadtm. ex P.Willemet
Euphoria didyma Blanco
Euphoria punicea Lam.
Litchi sinensis J.F.Gmel.
Nephelium chinense (Sonn.) Druce
Nephelium didymum Craib
Scytalia chinensis Gaertn.
Scytalia squamosa Stokes
Lychee
Chinese
荔枝
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lìzhī
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Lihjy
Wade–Giles
Li4-chih1
IPA
[lî.ʈʂɻ̩́]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Laihjī
Jyutping
Lai6-zi1
IPA
[lɐi˨.tsiː˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Nāi/Lāi-chi
Tâi-lô
Nāi/Lāi-tsi
Lychee[3] (US: /ˈliːtʃiː/LEE-chee, UK: /ˈlaɪtʃiː/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.
It is a tropical tree native to South China, Malaysia, and northern Vietnam.[4][5] The tree has been introduced throughout Southeast Asia and South Asia.[5] Cultivation in China is documented from the 11th century.[4] China is the main producer of lychees, followed by Vietnam, India, other countries in Southeast Asia, other countries in the South Asia, Madagascar, and South Africa. A tall evergreen tree, it bears small fleshy sweet fruits. The outside of the fruit is a pink-red, rough-textured soft shell.
Lychee seeds contain methylene cyclopropyl glycine which has caused hypoglycemia associated with outbreaks of encephalopathy in undernourished Indian and Vietnamese children who consumed lychee fruit.[6][7]
^"Litchi chinensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
^"Litchi chinensis (Thunb.) H.Deane". World Flora Online. World Flora Consortium. 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^Also sometimes spelled litchi, liechee, liche, lizhi, li zhi, or lichee.
^ abMorton, J.F. (1987). Lychee. In: Fruits of Warm Climates. West Lafayette, Indiana, USA: Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue University, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. pp. 249–259. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ ab"Litchi chinensis Sonn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
^Spencer PS, Palmer VS (2017). "The enigma of litchi toxicity: an emerging health concern in southern Asia". The Lancet. Online, 30 January 2017 (4): e383–e384. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30046-3. PMID 28153516.
^Aakash Shrivastava; Anil Kumar; Jerry D Thomas; et al. (2017). "Association of acute toxic encephalopathy with lychee consumption in an outbreak in Muzaffarpur, India, 2014: a case-control study". The Lancet. 30 January 2017 (online) (4): e458–e466. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30035-9. PMID 28153514.
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