Litchi usually ripens from March to August every year. Early-maturing varieties are harvested in February and March, middle-maturing varieties are harvested in May and June, and late-maturing varieties are harvested in July and August. Generally, litchi will not be sold in the market around September. But now there are dried litchi or frozen litchi in the supermarket, which can also solve the problem.

Brief introduction of litchi

Litchi is an evergreen tree belonging to Litchi of Sapindaceae, and its height is about 10 meter. The peel is scaly, bright red and purplish red. Bright red at maturity; The seeds are all wrapped in fleshy arils. Spring blossoms and summer bears fruit. When the pulp is fresh, it is translucent and fatty, delicious, but not storable.

It is distributed in the southwest, south China and southeast of China, and Guangdong and southern Fujian are the most abundant in cultivation. Southeast Asia is also cultivated, and Africa, America and Oceania have introduced records. Litchi, banana, pineapple and longan are also called the four major fruits in southern China.

Litchi is sweet, sour and warm, and enters the heart, spleen and liver meridians; It can stop hiccups and diarrhea, and is a good diet therapy for patients with intractable hiccups and diarrhea. At the same time, it has the effects of strengthening the brain, strengthening the body, stimulating appetite and strengthening the spleen. Because of sexual heat, eating too much is easy to get angry. Litchi wood is solid, elegant and corrosion-resistant, and has always been a first-class material.