Concubine laughter, white sugar poppies, glutinous rice sticks... How many lychee varieties do you know?

"A ride on the red dust concubine smiles, no one knows that it is a lychee to come", at present, it is the time when a large number of lychees are listed, and the sweet and refreshing lychees have become a cool touch of people's summer days. According to the data, there are about 200 kinds of lychee varieties at present, and the more common ones are cinnamon flavor, concubine smile, white sugar poppy, lychee king, etc. Let's take a look.

March red

Because it ripens in late March of the lunar calendar, it is called March Red, which is an early maturing variety and a common variety in lychees. The main production areas are Xinhui, Zhongshan, Zengcheng and other places in Guangdong. The red skin in March is thicker, pale red, the size of the cracks varies, the arrangement is irregular, and the sutures are not obvious; the lychee meat is yellowish white, the core is large, and the taste is sour and sweet, but it is more popular with consumers because of the early listing.

White wax

Baila is also a medium and early maturing variety, flowering in March and listed in June, the production area is two Guangzhou, also known as bailazi lychee. The planting period of lychee is long, and it is generally planted for three years before it bears fruit. The epidermis is blunt, partially sharp, and the peel is thin and soft, with a large red color. Its flesh is white waxy and has a crisp and sweet taste.

Lychee King

Lychee King is a variety from Hainan. As the name suggests, Lychee King is much larger than the average lychee, with a single fruit of up to 50 grams. The fruit ripens in mid-to-late July, with a red skin and white flesh that melts in the mouth.

Seedless lychees

Seedless lychee is a variety artificially bred in the later stage, seedless or fruit core is very small, planted more in Hainan, the taste is crisp and sweet, more meat than ordinary lychee, juicy, sweeter.

The concubine laughed

"A red dust concubine laughs, no one knows that it is a lychee", this poem says that the concubine laughs at the lychee, the variety of fruit is large, thick flesh, beautiful color, small core, sweet taste. The main production area is in Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions, the variety is one of the middle and early maturing high-quality varieties, mature and listed in June and July.

Cinnamon flavor

Cinnamon lychee is the most common variety on the market, named after the osmanthus flavor, also known as cinnamon and green. The origin of guiwei is the Maoming region of Guangdong. The cinnamon lychee fruit is of good quality, with a fine core and crisp and sweet flesh.

Glutinous rice fin

Glutinous rice finn is known as the "King of Lychees" in Guangdong and matures in June and July. The biggest feature of this variety of lychee is "sweet", with a lot of sugar, extremely high sweetness, and soft and tender taste. The fruit of this variety is eccentric in shape, and the epidermis is bright red and sallow yellow.

White sugar poppies

White sugar poppy is also a kind of lychee variety with high sweetness, also known as bee sugar poppy, Chinese red, the origin of Maoming City, Guangdong Province, Gaozhou, Dianbai and other places, has a cultivation history of more than 1,300 years. The flesh of this variety is crisp and sweet, making it the best of the lychees.

Hang green

Hanging green lychee can be described as the "Hermes" in the lychee, in 2002, a fruit auction in Guangzhou, a hanging green once sold for 550,000 yuan, creating a Guinness World Record for the most expensive fruit. The origin of hanging green is Zengcheng City, Guangdong Province, this kind of lychee is red and purple when ripe, a green line runs straight to the end, and the "hanging green" is thus obtained. Its flesh is tender, crisp and sweet, and the flesh can reach gelatin without spilling pulp.

Black leaves

Black leaf lychee is an ancient local variety widely planted in the subtropical coastal areas of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other subtropical coasts, named because the leaf color is thick green and nearly black, also known as leaf branches and black leaves. The skin of this lychee is dark red, and it usually blooms in March and matures in mid-June, making it more resistant to storage. The flesh of the black leaf lychee is firm and crisp, sweet and juicy.

Huaizhi

Huaizhi, also known as dense leaves, phoenix flowers, ancient phoenixes, huaizhi and locust branches, is one of the late-maturing varieties in lychees, which mature in early July. Legend has it that in ancient times, a Shangshu passed through Lingnan and took the lychee sent by the villagers into his arms, and got the name "Huaizhi". This variety of lychee has good drought resistance and is generally planted in mountains, water and so on. Its epidermis is large, the flesh is milky white, and the taste is sweet and sour.

crystal ball

Crystal Ball Lychee is a rare high-quality lychee variety in Guangzhou, which generally matures from late June to early July. This variety is known for its crystal white flesh, resembling a crystal ball. In Chen Ding's "Lychee Words", it is recorded that the crystal ball is "white flowers, white shells, white and nucleated, and the pulp is like blood, sweet, fragrant and fragrant".

Beijing News reporter Liu Huan

Editor Zhu Fenglan Proofreader Wei Zhuo