Product IntroductionThere are over 100 varieties of lychees, and new varieties are constantly emerging every year.
Now is the season for officially enjoying lychees. A large quantity of lychees are available on the market. Supermarkets, fruit stores, and street vendors are all shouting about the fresh lychees, with enticing phrases like "No need to pay if it's not sweet" and prices varying from high to low.
Litchi (scientific name: Litchi chinensis Sonn.) belongs to the Sapindaceae family and the Litchi genus. It is an evergreen tree, approximately 10 meters tall. The fruit skin has scaly protrusions, is bright red and purplish red. When fully ripe, it turns bright red; the seeds are all covered by a fleshy false seed coat. The flowering period is in spring and the fruiting period is in summer. When fresh, the fruit flesh is translucent and gelatinous, with a fragrant and delicious taste, but it is not suitable for storage.
It is distributed in southwestern China, including Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing, as well as southern regions such as Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan, and the southeastern regions like Fujian, Zhejiang and Taiwan. It is also cultivated in the southeastern part of Asia. There are records of its introduction to Africa, America and Oceania. Lychee is known as one of the "Four Major Fruits of the South" along with bananas, pineapples and longans.
Litchi is sweet, sour in taste, and warm in nature. It enters the meridians of the heart, spleen and liver. It can stop hiccups and diarrhea. It is an excellent food therapy choice for those with stubborn hiccups and nocturnal diarrhea. At the same time, it has the effects of nourishing the brain, promoting fitness, stimulating the appetite and benefiting the spleen. Due to its hot nature, excessive consumption can easily lead to excessive heat.
Now is the season for officially enjoying lychees. A large quantity of lychees are available on the market. Supermarkets, fruit stores, and street vendors are all shouting about the fresh lychees, with enticing phrases like "No need to pay if it's not sweet" and prices varying from high to low.
Litchi (scientific name: Litchi chinensis Sonn.) belongs to the Sapindaceae family and the Litchi genus. It is an evergreen tree, approximately 10 meters tall. The fruit skin has scaly protrusions, is bright red and purplish red. When fully ripe, it turns bright red; the seeds are all covered by a fleshy false seed coat. The flowering period is in spring and the fruiting period is in summer. When fresh, the fruit flesh is translucent and gelatinous, with a fragrant and delicious taste, but it is not suitable for storage.
It is distributed in southwestern China, including Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing, as well as southern regions such as Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan, and the southeastern regions like Fujian, Zhejiang and Taiwan. It is also cultivated in the southeastern part of Asia. There are records of its introduction to Africa, America and Oceania. Lychee is known as one of the "Four Major Fruits of the South" along with bananas, pineapples and longans.
Litchi is sweet, sour in taste, and warm in nature. It enters the meridians of the heart, spleen and liver. It can stop hiccups and diarrhea. It is an excellent food therapy choice for those with stubborn hiccups and nocturnal diarrhea. At the same time, it has the effects of nourishing the brain, promoting fitness, stimulating the appetite and benefiting the spleen. Due to its hot nature, excessive consumption can easily lead to excessive heat.
It has large fruit with thick flesh and a small seed. After peeling, the fruit is dry and has a sweet, pleasant taste. It is named for its small seed that resembles a chicken’s beak.
The fruit averages 29.5 grams, with relatively uniform size. It is slightly heart-shaped or oval. The skin is dark red, thin but tough. The flesh is waxy white, crisp, with moderate juiciness and a sweet, slightly fragrant flavor. The shrunken seed rate is 80%.
The fruit contains 18.0% soluble solids, with 22.8 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 milliliters of juice and 0.35 grams of acidity. The edible rate is 79.3%. The quality is excellent.
Maturity period: This belongs to mid-maturing varieties, and usually ripens between late June and early July.
The core advantage of "Chicken Beak Lychee" lies in its high fruit flesh content and unique taste, and it is often compared with the following varieties:
vs. Glutinous Rice Candy with Lychee:
Common point: Both are outstanding representatives of small seeds (seed kernels), with a very high flesh content.
Difference: The filling of the glutinous rice cake is soft, smooth, tender and extremely sweet and glutinous. While the filling of the chicken-mouth lychee is crisp, firm, sweet and juicy, with a completely different taste.
vs. Princess Xiaoxi Lychee:
The Feizi Xiao variety is a precocious type, with its skin having a mixture of red and green colors. The flesh is crisp but sweet, possibly with a hint of acidity. The chicken-mouth lychee is a medium-ripening variety, with a dark red skin. It has a purer sweetness and a smaller seed compared to the Feizi Xiao, and the flesh is thicker.