Longan, also known as cinnamon, is native to southern and southwestern China and is cultivated in several countries and regions around the world.

Lychee is native to southern China, is a subtropical fruit tree, and bananas, pineapple, longan together known as the "four fruits of the South", many people can not tell the difference between lychee and longan, the following we will take a look at the difference between longan and lychee in the end what it is!

Different aliases of longan and lychee

1, longan: longan alias cinnamon, puzzle, goat's eye (Yunnan dialect), cow's eye (part of the Hakka language) and so on.

2, Litchi: Litchi alias Dan Lai, Li Zhi, Li Zhi, Volcano Lai, Le Lai, Lai Zhi, Lai Guo and so on.

Longan and lychee family difference

1, longan: longan for the plant world, angiosperms, dicotyledonous plants, Sapindaceae, Sapindaceae, longan genus of large evergreen trees, mainly distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan and other places.

2, lychee: lychee for the plant world, angiosperms, dicotyledonous plants, Sapindales, Sapindaceae, lychee genus of evergreen trees, produced in southern, southwestern and southeastern China, Guangdong, Guangxi and southern Fujian (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou area) cultivation is most prevalent.

Difference in morphology between longan and lychee

1, longan: longan is an evergreen tree, usually more than 10 meters high, leaves with stalks 15-30 centimeters long or longer, 4-5 pairs of leaflets, thin leathery, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, often asymmetric on both sides, inflorescences are large, multi-branched, terminal and axillary near the top of the branch, densely covered with stellate hairs, short pedicels, petals creamy white, lanceolate. Fruit subglobose, 1.2-2.5 cm in diam., usually yellow-brown or sometimes gray-yellow, outside slightly rough, or rarely with slightly convex tubercles, flowering in spring and summer, fruiting in summer.

2, lychee: lychee is an evergreen tree, usually not more than 10 meters high, leaves with stalks 10-25 cm long or more, leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, less often 4 pairs, thin leathery or leathery, inflorescences terminal, broad, multi-branched, pedicels slender, fruit ovoid to subglobose, 2-3.5 cm long, usually dark red to bright red at maturity, the seeds are all wrapped in a fleshy aril, the flowering period in spring, fruiting summer. The seeds are all wrapped in a fleshy aril, flowering in spring and fruiting in summer.