Types and Varieties of Lychee

Lychees are delicious, but do you know what types of lychees there are? Here, the editor will introduce you to the main varieties of lychees:

1. Guiwei Lychee

"Guiwei" is a traditional high-quality lychee variety in Guangdong, famous for its large fruit, small core, fragrant flavor and excellent taste. "Guiwei" has a bright red fruit color, white waxy flesh, transparent texture, and a soft texture.

It is crisp, sweet, and has the fragrance of osmanthus. The soluble solids content is about 19% or more, the char kernel rate is high, the skin is hard and it is more resistant to storage and transportation.

2. Glutinous rice cake with lychee

The "Numici" lychee is one of the main high-quality lychee varieties grown in Guangdong. The fruit of the Nuomici lychee is large, with a single fruit weight of 20 to 27.6 grams, and is flat and heart-shaped; the skin is bright red, thin, and the cracks are obviously raised.

Long and narrow, arranged longitudinally, with smooth lobes, a prominent protrusion on one side of the shoulder, and a round top; the flesh is milky white, juicy, and has a strong sweet flavor with a hint of aroma; the seeds are small and often turn into burnt kernels; the edible rate is 82%

～86%, contains 19-21% soluble solids, 100 ml of juice contains 20.4-30.8 mg of vitamin C and 0.2 g of acid.

There are two varieties of glutinous rice cakes: "red skin big glutinous rice cake" and "white skin small glutinous rice cake". The former has large fruit and bright red skin, called "double shoulder red glutinous rice cake", while the latter has smaller fruit and light red skin, called "white shell glutinous rice cake".

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3. Concubine Smile

The fruit of "Fei Zi Xiao" is large, with a single fruit weight of more than 30 grams, oval, light red skin, bright color, thick flesh, thin skin, small core, tender and creamy flesh, crisp and fragrant, sweet and juicy.

The plant "Xiao" has vigorous growth, stable and high yield, and no obvious alternate years. It is an early to mid-maturing variety.

4. Golden Orange A4 Seedless Lychee

It has five major characteristics: 1. Stable and high yield: it can bloom and bear fruit every year 2. High seedless rate: the seedless rate is guaranteed to be as high as 99.99% every year 3. All fruits are twin fruits, and each pair of twin fruits is flat.

Average weight 80-100g, rose red skin 4. Excellent quality: the flesh is crystal clear like condensed fat, crisper, fresher, more mellow and fragrant, seedless, fireless and residue-free, with a long natural storage period 5. Health function:

The sugar content is more than 30% higher than that of ordinary lychees, making it more suitable for people who are afraid of high sugar and obese. The content of fruit acid kinase is the lowest among lychees, so it will not cause internal heat. The flesh contains natural lecithin, up to

1.5MG./G, which has health benefits for preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases in the elderly and enhancing memory in teenagers; the juice contains organic selenium, up to 50UG/KG, which has health benefits for improving human immune function and preventing cancer

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5. Lingshan Litchi

Lingshan Fragrant Litchi is native to Lingshan County, Guangxi. The tree grows vigorously, with a semi-circular crown and an open tree posture. The leaves are green and slightly wavy, slightly curled upwards. The fruit is oval, slightly flat, and medium-sized.

The average single fruit weight is 21.0 grams, the size is relatively uniform, the flesh is waxy, crisp, sweet, slightly fragrant, thick flesh and small core, containing 20.0% soluble solids, and 100 ml of juice contains 20.92 vitamin C

mg, edible rate 73.5%, excellent quality. Won the first prize, silver prize in the Agricultural Expo, gold prize in the second session, famous brand product in the third session, and won the title of Guangxi famous brand product in 2003 and 2006.

6. Hepu Chicken Mouth Lychee

Hepu Chicken Mouth Lychee is native to Xiangshan Village, Gongguan Town, Hepu County, Guangxi, so it is also called Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee. The fruit crown is round, the branches are thick and hard, the young branches are slightly upright, and the mature crown is more open.

The leaves are medium-sized, oblong, spreading, dark green, shiny, with many flower spikes, dense flowers, high yield, and strong adaptability. This variety has large fruits, thick flesh, small core, and an average single

The fruit weighs 29.5 grams and is of uniform size. The fruit is crooked heart-shaped or oblate, with flat shoulders or a slightly raised opening, and a round top. The flesh is white waxy, crisp, medium juicy, sweet, and slightly fragrant. Soluble

The solid content is 18%, 100g/ml juice contains 22.8mg of vitamin C, and the edible rate is 79.3%. It is of high quality and relatively high yield. In 1995, it won the gold medal at the Fourth Agricultural Expo; in 2006, it won the Guangxi Quality Award.

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7. Qinzhou Red Lychee

This variety has a round crown, a gray-brown trunk, a smooth skin, relatively thick and open branches, new branches slightly yellow-brown, large and thick leaves, 2-4 pairs of leaflets, oblong, slightly folded inward,

The fruit is very large, weighing 44-47 grams per fruit, with a maximum weight of 62.5 grams. It is nearly round, with flat shoulders and a round top. The skin is bright red and has a suture line.

The cracks are not obvious, smooth and neatly arranged, the flesh is waxy white, crisp, juicy but not runny, sweet with honey flavor, soluble solids average 16.5-18.9%, edible part accounts for 78.8-

88.3%.

8. Lychee with Jade Shoulders

Double-shoulder jade lychee, large fruit, single fruit weight 25-34 grams, edible rate 73.7%; bright red fruit with a little green or waxy yellow, fruit shoulders bulge; thick outer skin, less cracked fruit, storage and transportation resistant;

Thick, firm, crystal clear, crisp, sweet, with a proper sugar-acid ratio, soluble solids content of 18.4-20%, total sugar content of 16.4%; high and stable yield, strong adaptability.

It was rated as a famous agricultural product at the Beijing International Agricultural Expo and passed the variety approval of the Guangdong Provincial Crop Variety Evaluation Committee in 2002.

9. White Sugar Litchi

Baitangpeng lychee is a special variety of early-maturing lychee with excellent quality, high yield, stable yield and high selling price. The single fruit weight is 23.4-26.4g. The fruit is crooked heart-shaped, the top of the fruit is round, the pedicel is thick, the peel is thin, the fruit color is bright red, the core is small, the flesh is thick and white wax color, the texture is crisp, sweet and honey fragrance, the edible rate is 71.2-79.5%, and the soluble solids are 17.7-29.5%. It has excellent quality and is one of the precious tributes of the dynasties. This variety won the first place in the early-maturing lychee variety evaluation of Guangdong Province in 1988, won the famous brand product award at the 3rd China Agricultural Expo in 1997, won the title of famous brand product at the China International Agricultural Expo in 1999, and won the title of famous brand product at the China International Agricultural Expo in 2001. In 2004, it obtained the national origin mark registration certification.

10. Jianjiang Red Glutinous Lychee

Jianjiang Red Glutinous Lychee is a high-quality late-ripening variety, with seeds without seeds, burnt seeds and large seeds. The burnt seeds type has a single fruit weight of 25-38g; the seedless fruit is smaller, with a single fruit weight of 10-18g; the large-seed type has a very large fruit weight of 35-45g. The skin is dark red and thick, the flesh is crisp, the juice is less, and the taste is sweet. The quality is excellent, and the juice contains 17.5-18.5% soluble solids. The yield is high and the price is high. In 1995, it won the gold medal at the Second China Agricultural Expo, and in 1997, it won the famous brand product award at the Third China Agricultural Expo.