EPPO Global Database

Litchi chinensis(LIHCH)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-08

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LIHCH
  • Preferred name: Litchi chinensis
  • Authority: Sonnerat

Notes

Northeast India, Indochina (except Cambodia, introduced), Malesia (Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Philippines), eastern China. Cultivated for its edible fruits. Introduced in Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Mascarene islands


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Nephelium litchi Cambessèdes

Common names
Name Language
litchee English
litchi English
lychee English
Litchipflaumenbaum German
litchi French
lichi Spanish
litchi Spanish
mamoncillo chino Spanish
litchi Italian
litchi Dutch
lechia Portuguese
lichia Portuguese
uruvaia Portuguese
lichi Bengali
lì zhī shǔ Chinese
荔枝属 Chinese
lychee Hindi
लीची Hindi