Lychee on Special – 0

Plant family: Sapindaceae

Plant origin: Southern China.

Fruit description:

Flowers: The flowers are small, white, green or yellow, produced in Spring in erect clusters with male and female flowers occurring together. They have a lovely perfume.

Growing conditions:

Uses: Eat the fruit fresh, or in fruit salad or added to a vegetable salad or juiced. Store the fruit in the refrigerator or for a couple of days at room temperature. Lychees can be frozen. Dried lychee with the skin on it is used in Chinese cooking. Lychees are rich in vitamin C.

Medicinal uses: In Chinese medicine, the Lychee is used for its warming properties.

Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating.

Harvest time Pick the fruit when it is ripe as it doesn't ripen further after it is picked. Ripe Kwai Mai Pink Lychee fruit is pink and the skin is easy to open and remove.

Plant relatives The Lychee is related to the Longan and the Rambutan.

Special features:

Grown by method: Air Layer Marcott Pot size: 6 litre

Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to metres high by metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows metres high by metres wide if Planted in the Ground.

Shipping plant pot or planter bag size: 6 litre