Litchi the Chinese Fruit..

As summer arrives, everyone is  reminded of  the delicious and sweet Lychee fruit.
Litchi is the  Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried. Lychee fruit is a subtropical plant belonging to the Family Sapindaceae or soapberry.
Known by some other  terms, such as lichi, litchi, lichee, laichi, Leechee, or lychee. The fruit is  small oval-shaped and slightly rounded, reddish in color. The fruits, produced in clusters, are oval to round, strawberry red in color. Lychee fruits are very sweet in flavor.
The fruit is eaten fresh, canned, or dried. The lychee is low in calories with lots of  dietary fiber.
It is a wonderful source of vitamin C. The fruit also has a great deal of minerals such as copper and potassium.