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Family: Sapindaceae	Genus: Litchi	Species: Litchi chinensis Sonn.( लीची )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Litchi chinensis var. euspontanea	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Leechee, Lychee	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Lychee	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Lichi	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Upto 1000 m	Fruit Type	Aril
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruits aril, borne in loose, hanging clusters of 2-30 strawberry-red, rose, pinkish or amber round balls, tinged with green.
Habitat	Cultivated around the field and garden	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	China, Malaysia, Vietnam and exotic in Australia Brazil, Honduras, Hong Kong, India. Subtropical and tropical areas of the world.	Bark Details	Grey, trunk and limbs
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Evergreen tree, up to 18 m tall, crown dense, round-topped, Bark smooth. Leaves pinnate, with 4-8 alternate, elliptic-oblong to lance-shaped, abruptly pointed, leaflets; leaflets somewhat leathery, smooth, glossy, dark-green on the upper surface and grayish-green beneath. Flower in panicle, tiny petal-less, greenish-white to yellowish. Fruits aril, borne in loose, hanging clusters of 2-30 strawberry-red, rose, pinkish or amber round balls, tinged with green.	Leaf Details	Leaves pinnate, with 4-8 alternate, elliptic-oblong to lance-shaped, abruptly pointed, leaflets; leaflets somewhat leathery, smooth, glossy, dark-green on the upper surface and grayish-green beneath.

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