Kunezinhlobo ezingaphezu kwezingu-100 zezinhlobo ze-lychee, futhi izinhlobo ezintsha zihlale 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, ngemishwana ekhangayo efana nokuthi "Akukho sidingo sokukhokha uma kungamunandi" futhi amanani ahlukahlukene kusuka phezulu kuye phansi.
I-Litchi (igama lesayensi: Litchi chinensis Sonn.) ingeyesifamili iSapindaceae kanye nohlobo i-Litchi. Yisihlahla esiluhlaza njalo, esiphakeme ngamamitha ayishumi. Isikhumba sesithelo sinamabala anjengezikhala, sibomvu esikhanyayo nesibomvu esinsomi. Uma sivuthiwe ngokugcwele, siba bomvu obukhanyayo; imbewu yonke imbozwe yisigqoko esinyama esingesona isembu. Isikhathi sezimbali singasekhona futhi isikhathi sezithelo singasehlobo. Uma isisha, inyama yesithelo ayibonakali futhi inobulwelwe, inokunambitheka okuhle nokumnandi, kodwa ayifanele ukugcinwa.
Iyasakazeka eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeShayina, okubandakanya iYunnan, iGuizhou, iSichuan neChongqing, kanye nezifunda ezisenhlanganisela njengeGuangxi, iGuangdong neHainan, nezifunda ezisenhlanganisela njengeFujian, iZhejiang neTaiwan. Iphinde ilinywe eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Kukhona amarekhodi okungeniswa kwayo e-Afrika, eMelika nase-Oceania. I-Lychee yaziwa njengenye yezithelo ezine ezinkulu zaseNingizimu kanye nebhanana, ipineapple ne-longan.
I-Litchi imnandi, imuncu ngokunambitheka, futhi ifudumele ngokwemvelo. Ingena emithanjeni yenhliziyo, isibindi nesibindi. Ingayeka ukukhwehlela nokuhambisa. Ukukhetha okuhle kokwelapha ngokudla kulabo abanezinkinga zokukhwehlela ezingapheli nokuhambisa ebusuku. Ngaleso sikhathi, inemiphumela yokondla ubuchopho, ukukhuthaza ukuqina, ukukhuthaza ukudla kanye nokusiza isibindi. Ngenxa yemvelo yayo eshisayo, ukudla ngokweqile kungaholela kalula ekushiseni ngokweqile.