Lychee Seed Litchi chinensis seeds litchi
LATIN NAME: Litchi chinensis
COMMON NAME: Lychee
The lychee tree holds its glossy, compound leaves and the large panicles of the small, pale-green flowers, and the round, red, warty fruits hang in the loose clusters. The evergreen, medium-sized tree carries the pinnate, compound leaves with the many glossy, lance-shaped leaflets and the large, terminal panicles of the small, pale-green or yellowish flowers through the late spring, one of the fine, generous sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the round, heart-shaped, bright-red or pink, warty fruits with the juicy, translucent, white flesh around the single, dark-brown seed. The fruits have a very long record as the fine, sweet, juicy berries of the warm tables, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The lychee tree is a historic subject of the plant science, and the red fruits keep showing up in the work on the warm-season fruits. The way the round, heart-shaped, bright-red or pink, warty fruits form from the large, terminal panicles of the small, pale-green flowers has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm-season fruits, the juicy berries and the members of the soapberry family. The glossy, compound leaves and the rounded habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the lychee tree is a regular subject of the work on the red fruits of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The lychee tree is a fine, generous tree of the warm garden and the fruit garden. The round, heart-shaped, bright-red or pink, warty fruits have a very long record as the fine, sweet, juicy berries of the warm tables, the translucent, white flesh coming to the bowls, the desserts, the drinks and the cool cups of the old kitchens, while the large, terminal panicles of the small, pale-green flowers open through the late spring, drawing the bees. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the orchard and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the agricultural papers for the red fruits and the very long history. It is a fine, generous tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young trees the deep, rich, moist bed, and the red fruits will come in the years to come.
To grow the lychee tree from seed, sow the small, brown seeds just below the surface of the deep pot of rich, gritty soil, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then pot the young trees on as they fill the pot. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the red fruits will come in the years to come.
The lychee contains on average a total 72 mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams of fruit. On average nine lychee fruits would meet an adult’s daily recommended Vitamin C requirement.
A cup of lychee fruit provides, among other minerals, for a 2000-calorie diet, mainly from sugar, 14%DV of copper, 9%DV of phosphorus, and 6%DV of potassium.
Like most plant-based foods, lychees are low in saturated fat and sodium and are cholesterol free. Lychees have moderate amounts of polyphenols, shown in one French study to be higher than several other fruits analyzed.On the phenolic composition, flavan-3-ol monomers and dimers were the major found compounds representing about 87.0% of the phenolic compounds that declined with storage or browning. Cyanidin-3-glucoside was a major anthocyanin and represented 91.9% of anthocyanins. It also declined with storage or browning. Small amounts of malvidin-3-glucoside were also found.
In traditional Chinese medicine, Lychee is known for being a fruit with "hot" properties , and excessive consumption of Lychee can, in certain extreme cases, lead to fainting spells or skin rashes.