About Litschibaum Tree

The Litschibaum or Litchibaum (Litchi chinensis) is a tree species from the family of the soap tree plants (Sapindaceae).

It is the only kind of the kind Litchi. The fruits of the tree are called likewise Litschi or Litsch (Chinese: lizhi). Further designations read Chinese Haselnuss, Litschipflaume or dear fruit.The Litschibaum is resident in south China; it becomes there already since approximately 1000 v. Chr. bred. Today the Litschibaum is cultivated world-wide in the subtropical climate zones, among other things in Taiwan, India, Thailand, South Africa, Madagascar, Australia, Israel, Mexico and the USA.The Litschibaum is an evergreen tree, which becomes high about 15 to 20 meters. It is very frost sensitive and cannot prosper therefore in Central Europe not in the free one.An individual tree can carry annually 100 to 200 kg fruits. The very coolingsensitive fruits have a diameter from 3 to 5 cm. The thin, outside very rough bowl is for pink or reddish colored and becomes brownish with older fruits. It becomes only hard after the harvest. The Fruchtfleisch is translucently perlmuttfarbig, firmly, juicy, sweetly and smells very strongly. It contains a smooth seed, which is ungeniessbar. The taste of the Litschi depends strongly on the Reifegrad. Overripe fruits have very much taste, while unreife fruits are relatively tasteless. Litschis are nichtklimakterische fruits, mature thus after the harvest no more after.