Thursday, September 22, 2011

Lychee: soapberry family member

Lychee is the only member placed on the type of Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It's tropical and subtropical trees, which comes from China but now cultivated throughout the world. Fresh fruit is delicate aroma of white meat flavored. The flavor is almost lost in the canning industry, so that the fruit is eaten fresh. It is an evergreen tree reaching 10-20 m in height, and the fruit 5 cm long and 4 cm. The fruits are coveredfrom rough skin texture and reddish-pink, which is not edible and can be removed easily. The interior of the body results in soft and transparent. They are used in many desserts and are consumed in China and throughout Southeast Asia, including South Asia.

Its cultivation began a little 'since 2000 BC in China. Bark is gray-black, while the branches are reddish brown. The leaves come in 2-4 pairs of leaflets and measure 10-25 cm in length.The flowers grow in terminal inflorescences with many panicles. Cobs also grow in a cluster, which is 10-40 cm in length. Upload hundreds of panicles of white flowers with the characteristic smell of yellow or green. Fruits mature about 80-112 days, depending on weather, location and variety. The fruits are generally ch. Different varieties of litchi are very popular in different regions and countries is increasing

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The competition is usually sold as fresh. The skin becomes darkbrown, while in the fridge, but the taste remains unchanged. Also sold as canned fruit. Lychee nuts are sold under the trade name of lychee nuts, but no dice. Every 100 grams of lychee provides about 66 calories of energy. Every 100 grams of fruit contains about 72 mg of vitamin C on average nine lychee able to meet the recommended daily adult requirement of vitamin C. A cup of lychee fruit to provide copper, phosphorus and potassium. Containing lesssaturated fat and sodium, and are completely free of cholesterol. Most fruits are rich in carbohydrates. They are rich in polyphenols, are known to contain levels of about 15% more polyphenols than grape. Flavan-3-ol monomers and regulators are the main factors of polyphenolic compounds in lychee. It 'also known to contain anthocyanins, the main one is cyanidin-3-glucoside, which contributes to 91.9%. Small amounts of malvidin-3-glucoside isalso found.

Lychee: soapberry family member
Lychee: soapberry family member

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