What does lychee taste like and where does it come from? The white, almost transparent fruit with a hard red shell is a staple in Asian cuisine. Recently, it's started showing up more and more on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article is for everyone who is growing a lychee tree, knows someone who is growing one, or wants to plant one. There is a ...

Rambutan and lychee share a common lineage; the two fruits belong to the flowering species, soapberry (botanical name, Sapindaceae), which also includes longan, pulasan, and ackee. "They are both ...

Jonathan Crane, a tropical-fruit crop specialist at UF’s Tropical Research & Education Center in Homestead, picks lychee off one of the 216 trees on the research campus site. He said the fruits ...

Question: My lychee tree has finished fruiting with only a few fruits this year. It has grown a bit large for the site in my yard. How do I get more fruit and when can I prune the tree? Answer: Like ...

There is a new pest in the county posing a serious threat to lychee trees, so everyone growing them will want to learn what to do to protect their tree. This new insect is the lychee erinose mite, ...

Florida-grown lychee trees offer a taste of the tropics for home growers. Their berries deliver a sweet, rose-scented fruit with vitamin C-rich pulp and a vibrant color and flavor to fruit cups, cakes ...

For chef Mark Noguchi, born and raised in Oahu, Hawaii, lychee signals the start of summer. "Once you start to see the lychee come out, you know summer is here," he said of the fruit, which he ...

Question: I am adding a few fruit trees to my landscape. Will a lychee tree grow locally? Answer: Only in a warm area where temperatures stay above freezing can you grow lychee trees. It is a very ...

Dehradun, once famous for its orchards and shaded gardens, is losing its green identity. Rapid urbanization and climate ...