Guangdong is the largest distribution province of litchi in China, covering more than 80 counties and cities in the province, with Maoming as the key production area.

Litchi in China is mainly distributed in the range of north latitude 18-29 degrees, with the most cultivated in Guangdong, followed by Fujian and Guangxi, and a few cultivated in Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Guizhou and Taiwan Province provinces. ?

Southeast Asia is also cultivated, and Africa, America and Oceania have introduced records.

morphological character

Evergreen trees, usually less than 10 m in height, sometimes more than 15 m in height, with gray-black bark; Branchlets are cylindrical, chestnut, and densely white lenticels.

The petiole length is more than10-25cm; Leaflets are 2-3 pairs, less than 4 pairs, thin leathery or leathery, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, sometimes elliptic-lanceolate, 6-15cm long and 2-4cm wide, tapering at the tip or short tail, with the whole margin, dark green and glossy ventral surface, green powder on the back and hairless on both sides; Lateral veins are often slender, the ventral side is not obvious, and the dorsal side is obvious or slightly convex; The petiole is 7-8 mm long.