Kunezinhlobo ezingaphezu kwezingu-100 zama-lychee, futhi izinhlobo ezintsha zihlala zivela unyaka nonyaka.
Manje yisikhathi sokujabulela ngokusemthethweni ama-lychee. Kunenani elikhulu lama-lychee atholakala emakethe. Izitolo ezinkulu, izitolo zezithelo, nabathengisi basemgwaqweni bonke bamemeza ngama-lychee amasha, ngemisho ekhangayo njengokuthi "Akudingeki ukhokhe uma ingemnandi" futhi amanani ayahlukahluka kusuka phezulu kuye phansi.
I-Litchi (igama lesayensi: Litchi chinensis Sonn.) ingeyesifunda se-Sapindaceae kanye nohlobo lwe-Litchi. Isihlahla esiluhlaza njalo, esiphakeme ngamamitha angu-10. Isikhumba sesithelo sinamabala anjengezikhala, sibomvu esikhanyayo nesibomvu okubomvu okumnyama. Uma sivuthiwe ngokuphelele, siba bomvu obukhanyayo; imbewu yonke imbozwe yisigqoko esingesona isembu esiyinyama. Isikhathi sezimbali singasekwindla futhi isikhathi sezithelo singasehlotyeni. Uma imnandi, inyama yesithelo iba yimhlophe njenge-gelatinous, enokunambitheka okunephunga elimnandi nokumnandi, kodwa ayifanele ukugcinwa.
Iyasakazeka eNingizimu-ntshonalanga China, okubandakanya iYunnan, iGuizhou, iSichuan neChongqing, kanye nezifunda eziseningizimu njengeGuangxi, iGuangdong neHainan, kanye nezifunda eziseningizimu-mpumalanga njengeFujian, iZhejiang neTaiwan. Iphinde ilinywe esifundeni esiseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Kukhona amarekhodi okungeniswa kwayo e-Afrika, eMelika nase-Oceania. I-Lychee yaziwa njengomunye "wezithelo ezine ezinkulu zaseNingizimu" kanye nebhanana, ipineaphu ne-longan.
I-Litchi imnandi, imuncu ngokunambitheka, futhi ifudumele ngokwemvelo. Ingena emithanjeni yenhliziyo, isibindi nesibindi. Ingayeka ukukhwehlela nokuhambisa. Ukukhetha okuhle kakhulu kokwelapha ngokudla kulabo abanezinkinga zokukhwehlela ezingapheli nokuhambisa ebusuku. Ngasikhathi sinye, inemiphumela yokondla ubuchopho, ukukhuthaza ukuzivocavoca, ukukhuthaza ukudla nokusiza isibindi. Ngenxa yemvelo yayo eshisayo, ukudla ngokweqile kungadala ukushisa ngokweqile.