Lychee
ಲಿಚ್ಚಿलीचीவிளச்சிப்பழம்
Litchi chinensis Sonn.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- 12 m
Sapindaceae
Also called Litchi
Formerly Nephelium chinense, Scytalia chinensis
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- China (SW. Guangdong) to Pen. Malaysia, Borneo, PhilippinesKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from PFAF, one source
- Height
- 15 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 12 mRead from PFAF, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from PFAF, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -4 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Lichi
- Chinese
- 荔枝, 荔枝叶, 荔枝壳
- Czech
- liči čínské
- Chinese (China)
- 荔枝, 中华荔枝
- Japanese
- ライチ, レイシ
- Swedish
- litchi
- Thai
- ลิ้นจี่
- Russian
- Личи китайская
- Portuguese
- Lichia, Lixia, lichi
- Korean
- 여지, 리치
- French
- Letchi
- Arabic
- ليتشي
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- PFAF, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Litchi chinensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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