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 |
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
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.