Lychee belongs to the Sapindaceae family. Lychee is an evergreen tree about 10 meters high. The peel has scaly protrusions, bright red, and purple. Turns bright red when mature; seeds are all wrapped by fleshy arils. The flowering period is in spring and the fruiting period is in summer. The pulp is translucent and creamy when fresh and has a delicious flavor, but it is not resistant to storage.

Lychee is sweet, sour, and warm in nature, and enters the heart, spleen, and liver meridians; it can stop hiccups and diarrhea. It is a good food therapy for people with stubborn hiccups and diarrhea at night. It also has brain-tonifying and fitness benefits. Appetizing and benefiting the spleen, it has the effect of promoting appetite. Because of the hot nature, eating too much can easily lead to internal heat. Lychee wood is solid, has elegant texture and is corrosion-resistant. It has always been a top-quality wood.

Litchi is rich in nutrients. The pulp contains glucose, fructose, sucrose, malic acid, protein, fat, vitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin C, phosphorus, iron and citric acid.

Nutritional composition table of lychee (Nutritional composition content per 100g):