Talk:Lychee

Small section on propagation

I just added a small section on propagation using marcotts/air-layers.Kioane (talk) 00:04, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

ambiguous sentence

The last sentence in the introduction section reads "Lychee seeds contain methylene cyclopropyl glycine which can cause hypoglycemia associated with outbreaks of encephalopathy in undernourished Indian and Vietnamese children who had consumed lychee fruit." I think this sentence ambiguous. It first mentions lychee seeds contain a toxin then says children get sick consuming lychee fruit. Does this sentence imply people who eat lychee fruit also eat lychee seeds? Otherwise, why would the toxin in lychee seeds make people sick? Lychee seeds are inedible. Nobody eats lychee seeds. People who get sick eating lychee is not because of the toxin in lychee seeds. It must be due to the toxin in lychee fruit. 無聲 (talk) 04:06, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

"Flavour lost in canning" ?

«Since the floral flavour is lost in the process of canning, the fruit is usually eaten fresh.[8]» (in section Description, in fine).

I have to disagree with the affirmation that "the floral flavour is lost in the process of canning". In Brussels, Belgium, where I live, any Chinese restaurant will offer you lychees in light syrup, with neither the rind nor the kernel, as a dessert, and the same lychees in light syrup can also be found canned in supermarkets, where they stand next to pears, peaches, and other fruits cooked in their syrup and packed in tin cans. (Both Chinese supermarkets and some "European" supermarkets sell them.) I never had acess to fresh lychees for comparison, but the flowery taste of these canned lychees makes them extremely tasty. — Tonymec (talk) 03:28, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

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The lychee (Litchi chinensis) is a tropical tree in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, which is native to South China, Malaysia, and northern Vietnam. It has also been introduced throughout Southeast Asia, South Asia and in parts of Southern Africa. A tall evergreen tree, it bears small fleshy sweet fruits which feature a dark brown inedible seed, a layer of translucent white fleshy sweet aril, and a pinkish-red, rough-textured soft shell on the outside. The aril has a floral scent and is most often eaten fresh. This photograph, which has been focus-stacked from 15 separate images, shows a whole lychee fruit, an opened fruit, and a seed.

Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

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