Mauritius
Mauritius
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Origin: Tropical America
Average Height: 20 - 40 ft.
Fruit Season: May - June
Cold Hardiness: 25° - 26°F
Fruit Description: Small, heart-shaped, with rough red skin tinged with green on the shoulders and usually having a thin line running around the fruit. The seed is small and the flesh very sweet and fragrant.
More Info: 'Mauritius' originates in Southern China, but is named for the island off the southeast coast of Africa where extensive commercial plantings have been in production for decades. It is the variety of choice for commercial growers in Florida because it is a regular and heavy producer. The fruit is sweet, pink to red, and produces chicken tongue seeds in about one out of ten fruit. The fruit is slightly smaller than most other types, however the flavor is supreme. The flavor of 'Mauritius' fruit is distinctly different and spicier than the 'Brewster' and is quite delicious.
Credit: Ian Maguire, UF/IFAS TREC
Lychee[2] (US: /ˈliːˌtʃiː/ LEE-chee; UK: /ˈlaɪˌtʃiː/ LIE-chee; Litchi chinensis; Chinese: 荔枝; pinyin: lìzhī) is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae.
It is a tropical tree native to the Guangdong and Fujian provinces of China, where cultivation is documented from 1059 AD. China is the main producer of lychees, followed by India, other countries in Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and South Africa. A tall evergreen tree, the lychee bears small fleshy fruits. The outside of the fruit is pink-red, roughly textured and inedible, covering sweet flesh eaten in many different dessert dishes.
Lychee seeds contain methylene cyclopropyl glycine which can cause hypoglycemiaassociated with outbreaks of encephalopathy in undernourished Indian and Vietnamese children who had consumed lychee fruit.[3][4]