The Lychee (Litchi) is a small oval, heart-shaped or nearly round. It is covered by a leathery rind or pedicarp. which is pink to strawberry-red in colour and rough in texture. The edible part of the fruit is a pearly white to grayish or pinkish and juicy fibrous mass.
The Lychee (Litchi) tree is slow growing, dense and round-topped with a smooth gray, brittle truck limbs. Under ideal condition the tree may reach 40 feet high. It is leathery, pinnate leaves are divided in into four to eight leaflets and are reddish when young, becoming shiny and bright green as they age.