{"id":609,"date":"2024-04-18T11:52:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=609"},"modified":"2024-08-27T21:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T01:57:52","slug":"lychee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/fruits-and-nuts\/lychee\/","title":{"rendered":"Lychee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Fruits &amp; Nuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lychee (<em>Litchi chinensis<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Lychees grow in clusters of 2-30 on long stems. Dull red or occasionally yellow in color, oval to round in shape, to 1\u00bd\u00a0 inches, they have a leathery skin covered with small, blunt wart-like bumps. The sweet, juicy flesh is white, translucent, much like a muscadine grape, and surrounds a large, oval, dark, shiny seed. Trees grow to 40 feet, with a rounded form. Leaves are dark green, glossy, narrow,\u00a0<em>alternate<\/em>, elongated, and pointed at the tip. New leaves are a bronze red. Flowers are greenish-white to yellow\u00a0<em>panicles<\/em>\u00a0borne in terminal clusters. Lychees are grown only in warmer areas of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/lychee_tree.jpg\" alt=\"Lychee tree\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/lychee_fruits.jpg\" alt=\"Lychee fruit and foliage\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/lychee_flower.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers of lychee tree\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>(cc) 2006-07, B. Navez. These photos are licensed under&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/lychee_fruit.jpg\" alt=\"Lychee cut open to reveal white flesh and dark seed\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>(cc) 2005, Sannse. 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