Litchi originated in China and is a famous fruit in Lingnan area. Litchi mainly grows in the south, southwest and southeast of China. At present, it is mainly cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan Province and southern Fujian.

Introduction to Litchi

Litchi is an evergreen tree belonging to the genus Litchi, with a height of about 1 meters. The pericarp is scaly, bright red and purplish red. To bright red when mature; The seeds are all wrapped by fleshy aril. Flowering in spring and fruiting in summer. When the pulp is fresh, it is translucent and fat-like, delicious, but not resistant to storage.

Litchi growing environment

Litchi trees like high temperature and high humidity, and they like sunshine. Its heredity requires a relatively low temperature during flower bud differentiation, but the lowest temperature is -2 to -4℃, which will cause freezing injury. It is most favorable to have sunny and warm weather without dry heat in flowering period. The humidity is too low, the rain is continuous, and the dry and hot weather or strong north wind are not conducive to flowering and pollination. Unfavorable disaster weather during the flower and fruit period will lead to falling flowers and fruits, and even loss of harvest.

Main varieties of litchi

The main cultivated varieties of litchi are March Red, Round Branch, Black Leaf, Huaizhi, Guiwei, glutinous rice paste, Yuanhong, Lanzhu, Chen Zi, Gualv, Crystal Ball, Feizixiao, White Sugar Poppy and so on. Among them, Guiwei and glutinous rice paste are the best varieties, and they are also the choice of fresh food, and hanging green is a precious and hard-to-find variety. "Luogang Guiwei", "Bicun glutinous rice paste" and "Zengcheng Gualv" are known as "three outstanding litchi". Huiyang Town is rich in cinnamon, and glutinous rice paste is more delicious and sweet.