Litchi is mainly produced in Guangdong.

Litchi Sapindaceae, Litchi genus evergreen trees, about 10 meters high. The pericarp has scaly mottled protuberances, bright red, purplish red. Ripe to bright red; seeds all wrapped in fleshy aril. Fl. spring, fr. summer. Fruit pulp translucent curd-like when fresh, flavorful, but not resistant to storage.

Distributed in the southwest, south and southeast of China, Guangdong and southern Fujian cultivation is most prevalent. Southeast Asia is also cultivated, Africa, the Americas and Oceania have introduced records. Lychee and bananas, pineapple, longan together known as the "South four fruits".

Litchi flavor sweet, sour, warm. Litchi wood is solid, elegant texture, corrosion resistance, has always been the best material.

China's lychee is mainly distributed in the range of 18-29 degrees north latitude within the Guangdong cultivation of the most Fujian and Guangxi, followed by Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Taiwan and other provinces also have a small amount of cultivation. Southeast Asia is also cultivated in Africa, the Americas and Oceania have introduced records.

Guangdong is China's distribution of litchi the most provinces throughout the province's more than 80 counties and cities in the key producing areas for the suburbs of Guangzhou, Conghua, Zengcheng, Hua Xianmin and Xinhui, Dongguan, Zhongshan and other counties, followed by Xinxing, Huidong, Shenzhen, Huilai, Puning, Gaozhou, electrified white, Qiongshan and other counties and cities. Varieties are March red, jade lotus, Princess smile, black leaf Wu Ye, Gui flavor, hanging green, glutinous rice technology, Huai technology, Shangshu Huai and so on.