Litchi chinensis Sonn.
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Litchi |
| Family Name : | Sapindaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Litchi chinensis |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | None |
| Fruiting Period : | None |
| Origin : | China |
Uses
The fruit, its peel and the seed are used in traditional medicine; decoctions of the root, bark and flowers are used as a gargle to alleviate throat ailments. The fruit peel is used in the treatment of diarrhoea. Seeds are used as an anodyne in neuralgic disorders and orchitis
Description
Medium sized evergreen tree, 6-12 m tall. Bark grey-black, branches brownish-red. Leaves pinnate, alternate; leaflets in 2 to 4 pairs, ovate or ovate-lanceolate , glabrous, glaucous beneath, base cuneate, apex acuminate, margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers bisexual, white, yellow or green, fragrant. Fruit a drupe, globose to subglobose, red or pink-red when mature. Seed 1, dark brown, covered by fleshy aril.
