Common names (English):

Lychee, Lichee

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Tree

Distribution:

Native of China

Use: Edible Fruit.

Description:

Medium sized tree, 10-15 m high; branching nearly from base; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong, acute to acuminate, base obtuse, cuneate, glabrous and shining above and glaucous beneath. Panicles terminal, up to 50 cm long. Flowers 0.3-0.5 cm across. Petals absent. Stamens 6-8, exserted; filaments slender. Drupe fleshy with a brown muricated rind turning red; seeds shining brown.