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Lychee

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The lychee is a fruit-bearing tree, Litchi chinensis, the sole species in its genus and a member of the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It is native to South China, Malaysia and northern Vietnam, where cultivation has been documented since the 11th century. The lychee is an evergreen tree usually under 15 meters tall, though it can reach 28 meters, with grey-black bark and leaves 12.5 to 20 centimeters long. Its fruit is small and rounded, up to 5 centimeters long and about 20 grams, covered in a pink-red, rough-textured but inedible shell that peels away to reveal translucent white flesh with a sweet, mildly tart flavor and a floral, rose-like aroma. China is the leading producer of lychees today, followed by India and Vietnam. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Litchi chinensis 5
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Sapindaceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Lychee
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Bangladesh

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Brunei

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Cambodia

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Comoros

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Guinea

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India

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Laos

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Mexico

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Myanmar

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Philippines

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Seychelles

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South Africa

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Taiwan

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Thailand

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Vietnam

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Sources
1. Lychee (Wikipedia)
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 362617
    Lychees ( LIE-chee, US also LEE-chee) are the fruit of the tree Litchi chinensis, the sole member of the genus Litchi, part of the soapberry family, Sapindaceae.
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    The tree has been introduced throughout Southeast and South Asia.
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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Litchi chinensis
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profile
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"habitat": "terrestrial"
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Litchi chinensis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
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"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Sapindales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12438
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"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Sapindales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Wikipedia: Lychee
WikipediaWikidata Q13182 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Litchi chinensis
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 3190002, category field
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"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Wikidata: Lychee
Child Taxon Of: Sapindaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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