Talk:Lychee

message: The first paragraph claims that 'litchi' is the usual English spelling, and does not mention 'lychee' at all, but then uses lychee through the rest of the article. If 'litchi' is indeed the usual English spelling, shouldn't that be used in the title and throughout the article as well (WP:UCN)? Otherwise, the opening paragraph should be changed to use 'lychee' and mention litchi as an alternate spelling; the current arrangement is confusing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.214.146.193 (talk) 12:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Name 

message: In Mandarin, Lychee has no "ch" sound actually.  Its pinyin is lizhi, which I guess if we were to try to use English type rules for letters, it'd be "Lee Zzzz" but with the tongue to the roof of the mouth during the 'zzz'...  Nice article though.  I love lychee.  I did not know there were so many different kinds!64.17.68.14 (talk) 06:32, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mandarin it is "li-zhi" with retroflex 

message: Tried a search on madi phalam and did not find much information on google. Is Madi phalam (Indian fruit name) the same as lychee ? Madi Phala Rasayanam is a popular ayurvedic medicine.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.105.131 (talk) 05:29, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Lychee The Same As Madi Phalam ? 

message: Surely we can think up a more appetizing descriptive phrase for the dried Lychee fruit than "somewhat resembling a human earlobe in texture"??????  I'll leave it to wiser minds than mine to figure that out.
:Yeah. Ew. --StarChaser Tyger 10:10, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Earlobe texture = cooked mushroom. However, the texture of a lychee is more akin to a grape or cherry.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 20:52, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Human Earlobe Texture

message: it is Lychee or slove you aid more like lychee?
The Cantonese pronunciation is closer to "Lye-chee" (better, "Lye-jee") while the Mandarin pronuncitation is closer to "Lit-chee" (or more accurately, "Lee-jee"). I'm not sure about the English transliterations; try a dictionary. 131.107.0.81 23:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, in Mandarin it's like "li-zhi". (li-tzi in older times.)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.126.75.181 (talk) 04:22, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: How to prodused

message: Although non-Cantonese people also eat it, in my opinion it is a Cantonese cuisine.  — Instantnood 19:42, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
: You realise, of course, how preposterous that opinion sounds?  Are peanuts, then, food of the Americas only even if found in 四川 dishes?  How about potatoes?  Are any potato-based dishes American as well?
: Individual dishes can be called "Cantonese" (or whatever), but ingredients?  That's just plain foolish. --MTR (严加华)
::There is a freaking common desert served in Singapore which mixes Lychees with Pineapple. Is this cantonese cuisine? Both lychees and longans are very common in Singapore's supermarket shelves, and as part of various dishes. Is this due to cantonese influence? I have my serious doubts. Anyhow, the above two responses says it all. I might be tempted to classify Tea as Chinese cuisine, and Rice as Asian cuisine, but is that practical?--Huaiwei 07:48, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone should trace where the fruit originated from.  The English names Lychee and Longan are based on the Cantonese names of the fruits, but the names do not prove the origin.  Use Kiwi fruit as an example, it is originally a Chinese fruit, but nowadays, even its English name is tied to New Zealand.  So is it Chinese or New Zealander?  Another example is the board game Go, the game originated from China, but its English name comes from Japanese, and it is played around the world.  How do you classify it?   Is it an international game?  Is it origin worth mentioning at all?  Kowloonese 21:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Is lychee a Cantonese cuisine?

message: I haven't seen too many fresh Lychee sold in the supermarkets here in the US.  The local asian supermarket sometimes has a limited selection of old looking ones.  It is my favorite fruit and I don't understand why people wouldn't distribute it.  It is much tastier than other fruits which have gotten mass distribution in America.  My Chinese teacher said it was due to the US import/export policy.  However, then there wouldn't be any fresh Lychee here.  Just wondering if anyone knew anything more on the subject.
:It has a short season, only in the summer.  The trees can't survive cold climate. These all add up to limited production.  You have better chance to find them in Chinese supermarket in July and August.  The rind turned dark brown when the fruit has been refrigerated in transport. Usually the taste is not affected despite the dark rind.  Kowloonese 22:19, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Go to Trader Joe's, if you have one. They carry them. -- ßottesiηi (talk) 21:06, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Lol, I just got some there today! I've been wanting to try them, but didn't have money last time I saw them at the store. I've also seen them in Raleys. They are really tasty. I didn't know not to eat the seed at first though (the package said to peel and then eat, nothing about taking out the seed). It was really bitter and I spit it out, which is good since this page says they're slightly poisonous. The Ungovernable Force 04:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Availability in the US 

message: is it just cantonese or is it chinese?
:The saying is Chinese in the sense that Cantonese is only a spoken dialect (in formal writing, at least), so the saying is spelt out in Chinese words and people who understand Chinese will understand the saying.  On the other hand, the saying is Cantonese in the sense that the `corruption' of Su Shi's poetry verse was done in Cantonese: The pairs of words in the two verses sound extremely similar in Cantonese, but not necessarily in other Chinese dialects (eg, Mandarin).  69.235.145.252 08:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  the cantonese saying 

message: so, when the hanging green tree dies, no more hanging green lychees? 24.206.74.247 02:26, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  hanging green 

message: for some reason, this article is categorized in :Category:Multilingual support templates. dab (𒁳) 10:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK: I found and fixwd the culprit — . — Gareth Hughes 13:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: leaking template?

message: I'm surprised that the IPA notation indicates that "lychee" is pronounced with a long "E" vowel sound in the first syllable, i.e. "lee-chee".  By its spelling, "lychee", I expected the vowel in the first syllable to sound like a long "I", i.e. "lye-chee".
During the time I spent in Malaysia and Singapore, I heard everybody pronounce it as "lye-chee", which matches the Malay spelling in the article.  I can't remember anybody there pronouncing it the other way.  Even in the USA, I hear more people pronounce it as "lye-chee".  It seems as though if this is not the "correct" pronunciation of the word, it is at least a very popular alternative.  Should this be added to the article?  --Lance E Sloan (talk) 19:42, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  pronounciation? 

message: I've tasted lychee FOR REAL and the flesh is soft and sweet.
Sometimes it may be a bit sour but it tastes good. There is a giant, black
pit in the middle which is too big to swallow. The outside of a Lychee
is a bit rough and very bumpy. It may be a bit hard to open, on some occasions.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.233.25.185 (talk) 20:42, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lychee taste's 

message: The current infobox photo is very dark and a bit blurry. There are two photos that I think would serve the article better. Does anyone have an opinion on this? These are about the size they would appear in the infobox. First Light (talk) 02:34, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the infobox photo to the third one shown above. First Light (talk) 17:17, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox image 

message: I was visiting Shanghai last summer and often bought and ate lizhis. Many Shanghainese said to me I shouldn't be eating them when it's hot because the fruit itself is classified as "hot" in some old Chinese medicine way or something. I then asked many people about this and they confirmed this. On Chinese Wikipedia page on "Medicinal use", its parts are classified as 温 or "warm". Anyone with more accurate info on this? --Sigmundur (talk) 11:10, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Chinese nutrition folklore, lizhi is considered a "hot" fruit? 

message: They are misspelt and they are cultivars of longans, not lychee. The most popular cultivars of lychee is vải thiều of Hải Dương.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.16.122.85 (talk) 14:27, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Vietnam, the most popular cultivars are: Longhnan, Tieuhue, and Xuongcomvang? 

message: I don't feel capable of editing it myself, but the last part of "nutritional facts" is both a bit irrelevant and written with a pretty bad English.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.110.206 (talk) 20:49, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nutritional Facts 

message: Under this section, it states that "Florida production is based on the Hawaii cultivar Kohala..." These are Longan, not Litchi cultivars. This is a glaring mistake and throws the entire section into doubt.
I would suggest a complete rewrite with current citations.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.49.98 (talk) 00:30, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultivars 

message: While enjoying some nice lychee black tea, I decided to read about it on wikipedia, but found nothing! When searching, I found lots of stores selling lychee black tea, many saying that it is flavored with real lychee. I assume that this plant is the same lychee that is used to flavor it, but was surprised to find its omission here. If I am wrong, will someone point me to the real lychee used in lychee black tea? I'm going to wait a bit, then check back for someone to have corrected me. Lychee black tea is too popular for it not to already be mentioned on Wikipedia. If it is truly not on here, then I will try to find a good source for it. An online tea store wouldn't be a good enough source would it? Rhollis7 (talk) 23:34, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Use In Tea

message: A small piece of added information.  Lychee is also called "Lychee Nut" whether fresh or canned. The AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY refers to the the fruit as "litchi nut".  Speaking for myself, I've most frequently heard it called lychee nut, whether in San Francisco, or in New England. I also offer this website as a reference (and there are many others) to help you understand that it is a common way to say it. Produce Oasis.  I'm not sure where it would fit in smoothly in the article as a whole, so I did not edit the main page.  But this common usage should be mentioned.  
Finally, I would like to add two pronunciation notes.  First, that Thai people universally pronounce it "lin-chee"; and, second, in America I've heard mostly lee-chee and, infrequently, lye-chee (indeed, the American Heritage Dictionary prefers lee-chee).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by N0w8st8s (talk • contribs) 12:27, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Lee-chee" aka Lychee Nut aka Litchi Nut 

message: Is the photo at the bottom of the page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Litchi_chinensis_Luc_Viatour.jpg) lychees or longan?  They look a lot more like longans than the lychees in the photo at the top of the page.
-- Ralph (talk) 00:17, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Due to the bumpy and slightly reddish peel color of the one on the right, I would guess they are a lychee cultivar. In my limited experience of seeing them at Vancouver Chinese markets, longans are more uniformly yellow with a smoother peel, like these. Click on the pictures for magnified views. Both species have been grown in Australia for more than half a century, with this description of their differences. --Zefr (talk) 01:29, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lychee or Longan photo? 

message: Something I did not see is the climates that lychees grow the best in. ALl the article discusses is how well grow according the the climate they are in, but that is a very vague response to it. The best climates for lychee production have a dry, cold (but nonfreezing) winter period lasting 3 to 5 months; a warm spring during the flowering period; a hot and humid summer during fruit growth, development, and maturation; and moderately warm temperatures during the fall. Periodic rainfall during spring and summer is ideal. Tall kidd (talk) 17:27, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Methods on growing the fruit 

message: There must be hardier varieties of lychee for them to grow in hardiness zone 6b, as I have seen in Dauphin and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania. On the East Coast of the United States lychee is grown as an ornamental tree and few dare to try the fruit. Heff01 (talk) 05:35, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lychee in Pennsylvania 

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message: An entry in List of colors: G–M contained a link to this page.
The entry is :
* Lychee
I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors#New_approach_to_review_of_entries
If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:59, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible removal from list 

message: I just added a small section on propagation using marcotts/air-layers.Kioane (talk) 00:04, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small section on propagation 

message: The last sentence in the introduction section reads "Lychee seeds contain methylene cyclopropyl glycine which can cause hypoglycemia associated with outbreaks of encephalopathy in undernourished Indian and Vietnamese children who had consumed lychee fruit." I think this sentence ambiguous. It first mentions lychee seeds contain a toxin then says children get sick consuming lychee fruit. Does this sentence imply people who eat lychee fruit also eat lychee seeds? Otherwise, why would the toxin in lychee seeds make people sick? Lychee seeds are inedible. Nobody eats lychee seeds. People who get sick eating lychee is not because of the toxin in lychee seeds. It must be due to the toxin in lychee fruit. 無聲 (talk) 04:06, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  ambiguous sentence 

message: «Since the floral flavour is lost in the process of canning, the fruit is usually eaten fresh.[8]» (in section Description, in fine).
I have to disagree with the affirmation that "the floral flavour is lost in the process of canning". In Brussels, Belgium, where I live, any Chinese restaurant will offer you lychees in light syrup, with neither the rind nor the kernel, as a dessert, and the same lychees in light syrup can also be found canned in supermarkets, where they stand next to pears, peaches, and other fruits cooked in their syrup and packed in tin cans. (Both Chinese supermarkets and some "European" supermarkets sell them.) I never had acess to fresh lychees for comparison, but the flowery taste of these canned lychees makes them extremely tasty. — Tonymec (talk) 03:28, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Flavour lost in canning" ? 

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