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Litchi chinensis
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Family:
SAPINDACEAE
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Citation: Litchi chinensis Sonner. Voy. Ind. Or. Chine 2: 230. t. 129. 1782; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 112. 1989; P.C. Pant in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 387. 2000; P. Singh & E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 787. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 247. 2009.
Nephelium litchi Camb., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris18: 30. 1829; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 687. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 252(180). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Litchi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Lychee, Lichee
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Description:
Medium sized tree, 15 m high; branching nearly from base; bark grey, nearly smooth; branchlets lenticellate. Leaves alternate, pinnate, rachis 5-15 cm long; leaflets 7-15 x 2.5-4 cm, 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.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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