Kukhona ngaphezu kwe-100 izinhlobo ze-lychee, futhi izinhlobo ezintsha zihlala zivele minyaka yonke.
Manje yisikhathi sokujabulela i-lychee ngokofficial. Inani elikhulu le-lychee litholakala emakethe. Ama-supermarket, izitolo zezithelo, nabathengisi bezitaladi bonke bayakhuluma nge-lychee ezintsha, ngezisho ezikhangayo ezifana "Akudingeki ukhokhe uma ingathandi" nezintengo ezihlukahlukene kusuka phezulu kuya phansi.
ILitchi (igama lesayensi: Litchi chinensis Sonn.) ingeyomndeni weSapindaceae kanye nezinhlobo zeLitchi. Isethulo esihlala njalo, cishe imitha engu-10 ukuphakama. Isikhumba somkhiqizo sinezikhala eziphakeme, sikhanya ngombala obomvu futhi obomvu obumnyama. Lapho iphumelele ngokuphelele, iba mnyama; imbewu zonke zifihlwe ngaphansi kwesikhumba esincane esinokwakheka. Isikhathi sokukhula siba ngentwasahlobo kanti isikhathi sokuvuna siba ngempumalanga. Lapho ikhulile, inyama yomkhiqizo ibonakala futhi ibhakiwe, inombala opholile futhi inambitheka kahle, kodwa ayifanele ukugcina.
Itholakala eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeChina, kufaka phakathi iYunnan, iGuizhou, iSichuan neChongqing, kanye nezindawo eziseningizimu ezifana neGuangxi, iGuangdong neHainan, kanye nezindawo eziseningizimu-mpumalanga ezifana neFujian, iZhejiang neTaiwan. Iphinde ikhuliswe engxenyeni eseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Kukhona amarekhodi okungena kwayo e-Afrika, eMelika nase-Oceania. I-Lychee yaziwa njengomunye wez "Fruit Ezinezinhlanu Eziyinhloko Zaseningizimu" kanye nezithelo ezinjengezambane, ama-pineapple kanye ne-longan.
ILitchi imnandi, inenhliziyo enokunambitheka okubukhali, futhi inobushushu. Ihlanganyela emithanjeni yenhliziyo, isikhumba nesibindi. Ingavimba ukuhlekwa nokuhlanza. Iyi-therapi yokudla ephakeme kubantu abane-hiccups eziqinile nokuhlanza kobusuku. Ngasikhathi sinye, inemiphumela yokunikeza amandla ubuchopho, ukukhuthaza ukuzivocavoca, ukuheha isifiso sokudla nokusiza isikhumba. Ngenxa yobushushu bayo, ukudla ngokweqile kungaholela ekushiseni okweqile.