Sapindaceae
Lychee
Litchi chinensis
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Litchi
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Common names
By language (107)
- Afrikaans
- Lietsjie
- Arabic
- ليتشي, بندق ليتشي, ليتشة
- Armenian
- Լիչի
- arz
- ليتشى
- Assamese
- লিচু
- Asturian
- Lichi
- Azerbaijani
- Liçi
- Bangla
- লিচু
- Basque
- Litchi
- Belarusian
- Лічы
- Bhojpuri
- लीची
- bi
- Leji
- bik
- Litsiyas
- bo
- འབྲུག་ཚགས།
- Bosnian
- Liči
- Breton
- Litchi
- Bulgarian
- Китайско личи
- Burmese
- နှင်းသီး, လိုက်ချီး
- Cantonese
- 荔枝
- Catalan
- Litxi
- cdo
- Liĕk-chiĕ
- Chinese
- 荔枝, 离枝, 荔枝叶, 荔枝壳, 荔枝核, 荔枝根, 野生荔枝, 大荔
- Croatian
- Liči
- Czech
- Liči čínské
- Danish
- Litchi
- Dutch
- Lychee
- English
- Lychee, Litchi
- Esperanto
- Liĉio
- Estonian
- Litši
- Filipino
- Alpay
- Finnish
- Litsi
- French
- Litchi
- gan
- 荔枝
- Georgian
- Ლიჩი
- German
- Litschibaum
- Greek
- Λίτσι
- Gujarati
- લીચી
- hak
- Lai-kî
- Hebrew
- ליצ'י
- Hindi
- लीची
- Hungarian
- Licsi
- Indonesian
- Lici
- Irish
- Lítsí
- Italian
- Ciliegia della Cina, Litchi
- Japanese
- レイシ, れいし, ライチ, ライチー, 茘枝
- Javanese
- Léci
- Kannada
- ಲಿಚ್ಚಿ
- Khmer
- គូលែន
- koi
- Личи
- Korean
- 리치
- kv
- Личи
- lah
- لِچی
- Latvian
- Līčija
- lbe
- Личи
- Lithuanian
- Kininis ličis, Ličis
- lzh
- 荔枝
- Macedonian
- Личи
- Maithili
- लीच्ची
- Malagasy
- Litisia
- Malay
- Laici, Lengkeng
- Malayalam
- ലിച്ചി
- mnc
- ᠮᠠᠰᡝ ᠮᡠᠶᠠᡵᡳ
- Mongolian
- Нефелеум
- mrj
- Личи
- mwl
- Xilia
- nan
- Nāi-chi
- Nepali
- लिची
- new
- चिकंसि
- Northern Sotho
- Litchi
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Litchi
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Litchi
- Odia
- ଲିଚୁ
- os
- Личи
- Persian
- سرخالو
- Polish
- Liczi chińskie
- Portuguese
- Lichi, Lichia
- Punjabi
- ਲੀਚੀ
- Quechua
- Litchi
- roa
- Lici
- Romanian
- Lici
- Russian
- Личи
- sat
- ᱞᱤᱪᱩ
- sco
- Lychee
- sei
- Lóng don de guǒshí
- Serbian
- Личи
- Serbian (Latin)
- Liči
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၵၢႆးဢၢင်, မၢမၢၵ်ႇလမ်းယႆ
- Sindhi
- لچي
- Slovak
- Dvojslivka
- Slovenian
- Liči
- Swedish
- Litchi
- syl
- ꠟꠦꠌꠥ
- Tamil
- விளச்சிப்பழம்
- Telugu
- లీచీ
- Thai
- ลิ้นจี่
- Turkish
- Liçi
- ty
- Raitihi
- udm
- Личи
- Ukrainian
- Ліджи, Лайчі
- Urdu
- لیچی
- Vietnamese
- Vải
- vls
- Litchi
- vo
- Licidafluk
- wuu
- 荔枝
- xmf
- Ლიჩი
- Yoruba
- Lychee
- za
- Laehcei
Synonyms
- Corvinia litschi Stadtm. ex P.Willemet
- Euphoria didyma Blanco
- Euphoria litchi Desf.
- Euphoria punicea Lam.
- Euphoria sinensis J.F.Gmel.
- Litchi chinensis var. euspontanea H.H.Hsue
- Litchi sinensis J.F.Gmel.
- Nephelium chinense (Sonn.) Druce
- Nephelium didymum (Blanco) Craib
- Nephelium litchi Steud.
- Nephelium litchi Cambess.
- Sapindus edulis Aiton
- Scytalia chinensis Gaertn.
- Scytalia litschi Roxb.
- Scytalia squamosa Stokes
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red, white (Wikidata)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. B.navez assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nishantv069, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.