Litchi chinensis Sonn.

English: Lychee

German: Litchi

Mandarin: 荔枝 (li zhi)

Portuguese: Lichia

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Sapindales (72)

        Family: Sapindaceae (18)(family description)

          Genus: Litchi (1)

            Epithet: chinensis Sonn. (5)

Synonyms: Nephelium litchi Cambess., Scytalia chinensis (Sonn.) Gaertn.

chinensis => of Chinese origin

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: yellow

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