Shakya fruit, also known as fengyi, Buddha head fruit, because the appearance of similar to the head of the Buddha and named, mainly from Taitung and other places, Hainan all year round production, the main fruit maturity period in June to November.
Shakya fruit flesh milky white, rich in vitamin a, b, c and protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus and so on. Shijiazhuang fruit rich in "lychee endolipids" has a strong anti-tumor activity, so Shijiazhuang fruit is referred to as "anti-tumor star".
Shakya fruit must be cooked soft to eat, buy home, if still hard, can be wrapped in newspaper, spray some water, put on a day or two, to be softened can be cut open with a knife peeled to eat, fresh and sweet, very unique taste, can also be cut into various ice drinks.
China's Zhejiang, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan provinces and regions are cultivated. Native to tropical America; now cultivated in tropical areas worldwide.
Fruit edible, looks like lychee, so it is called "lychee", for the famous fruit of the tropics, containing protein 2.34%, 0.3% fat, sugar 20.42%; seed oil content of 20%. Bark fiber can make paper. Roots can be used medicinally to treat acute red diarrhea, mental depression, spinal cord bone disease; the fruit can be used for treating bad sores and swelling, and tonifying the spleen. Purple gum worm host tree.