- selected for edem
litchi chinensis
products
- stem: provides structural support, not typically used for products.
- fruit: highly valued, sweet, and aromatic, commonly consumed fresh, dried, or canned.
- leave: occasionally used in traditional medicine
- bark: seldom used, sometimes for medicinal purposes.
- flower: not widely utilized but essential for fruit production.
uses
- plants/fruits: primary use for its sweet, aromatic fruits.
- plants/greens: leaves are not typically consumed as greens.
- plants/nuts: does not produce nuts.
- plants/grains: does not produce grains.
- plants/flowers: flowers are crucial for fruit production, not widely used otherwise.
- plants/resins: does not produce resins.
- plants/timber: wood is not widely used.
- plants/medicine: parts of the plant, including the fruit, leaves, and bark, are used in traditional medicine.
- plants/fuel: not commonly used for fuel.
- plants/textile: not used in textile production.
- plants/fertilizer: plant parts are not commonly used as fertilizer.
data
- sun requirements: full sun to partial shade.
- water requirements: regular watering, prefers moist but well-drained soil.
- soil ph: slightly acidic to neutral (5.5 - 7.0).
- plant/roles in permaculture guilds: provides shade and attract pollinators.
- spacing in meter: typically 6-10 meters apart.
- germination days: seeds typically germinate in 7-10 days.
- strata: mid canopy to upper canopy.
- days to maturity: fruits mature approximately 140 days after flowering.
- plant, harvest, pruning calendar in months:
- planting: spring
- harvest: summer
- pruning: late winter to early spring
- good neighbors: citrus trees, banana, mango.
- bad neighbors: walnut (juglone-sensitive plants).
- chemical compound
| part | chemical compound | amount (mg/100g) |
|---|
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
| fruit | vitamin c (ascorbic acid) | 71.5 |
| flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol) | varies |
| phenolic acids (gallic acid, caffeic acid) | varies |
| sugar (fructose, glucose) | 10-15% |
| seeds | methylene cyclopropyl glycine (mcpg) | trace amounts |
| saponins | varies |
| leaves | quercetin, kaempferol, epicatechin, proanthocyanidins | varies |
| phenolic acids: chlorogenic acid, ellagic acid, gallic acid, caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid | varies |
| bark | tannins | varies |
| flowers | rutin, myricetin, catechins, apigenin | varies |