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Accession Data:

Litchi chinensis Sonn.

  • Common Name: Lychee
  • Family: Sapindaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Nephelium litchi Cambess.

  • Country of Origin: southern China, also found throughout tropical Indomalaysia

  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800088
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1969
  • Bench: 0 - unassigned location
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 02-01-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Sapindales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • SubFamily: Sapindoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Edible Plants
  • Plants with Edible Fruits
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Hainan / China Southeast / Cambodia / Vietnam

References (external):

  1. Lychee at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed 12 November 2015.
  3. Litchi chinensis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.

data regenerated on Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:12:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Sapindaceae

Subfamily Hippocastanoideae
Tribe Aceraceae

  • Acer palmatum W/C

Subfamily Sapindoideae

  • Alectryon coriaceus
  • Cardiospermum halicacabum
  • Dimocarpus longan
  • Litchi chinensis
  • Melicoccus bijugatus
  • Ungnadia speciosa
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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