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BOTANY OF THI: LYCHFE 

 Synonomy of Lit-chi 



Ldi Iji clnn< /m* Osb. Itin. (1765) 



Litcki chincusis Sonn. Voy. p. 230. (1782) pi. 129 



de. fruct. p. 197, (1785) pi. xlii 



edulis Alton. Hort. Kew. 2:36. (1789) 



Lifr.hi Lour. Fl. Cochin ...... (1790) (See 



ed. 2, p. 286-7) 

 Euphoria punicea Lam. Encycl. mech. 3:573. (1791) 



Eupliori<ixim Hsi* Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 13 (1796), 



2:611. 

 Eiphori_ti Litcki Desf. D. C. Prod. 1:611. (1824) 



(Or'Desf. Cat. 159, 1815?) 



Lit-chi Camb. in Mem. Mus. Par. 18:30. 



(1829) 

 Scyialin Litcki Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2:269. (1832) 



Neplielium duriocarpus Anders. Fl. Behar, Asiat. Soc. 



~Bens. 32:199. (See Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 688) 

 DESCRIPTION 



The Ira as seen in cultivation (fig, 6) is a handsome ever- 

 green,. 30-50 feet high with a naturally low head 15-30 feet broad 

 and a short stocky trunk, which when mature reaches a diameter of 

 3-4 feet. Seedling trees in the wild or semi-cultivation usually have 

 a higher trunk and sometimes reach immense dimensions. In the 

 hilly country of South China where trees have ideal growing condi- 

 tions we have observed lychee trees 70 feet high, with a spread of 

 head of 60 feet and a trunk girth, breast high, of 12 feet (figures 47 

 and 48). There are numerous, crooked, low-hanging or spreading 

 branches. The tree is glabrous in all its parts and has a smooth 

 bark. The wood is brownish-red, heavy, and close grained and 

 takes a fine polish. In Kwangtunu; it is commonly used for plow 

 handles and for grain-mill parts. Roxburgh 1 says, "independently 



1 Roxburgh, William, Flora Jndica\ or descriptions of Indian plants, 

 Scrampore, printed for W. Thacker & Co., Calcutta, 1832. 2 volume*-. 

 Vol. 2, papc 27(1. 



