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 ...

Five things to do in the garden: Fruit. Longan (Dimocarpus longan) is related to lychee. While the peel of lychee is pinkish-red and bumpy, that of the longan is brown and smooth. In both cases, ...

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 ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — They’re prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside, and beloved for their iconic pink shells and pearly, fragrant fruit. In the U.S., you might encounter them as a flavorful ...

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, ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he unboxes his latest selection of fruit trees and food plants, including Aussie Gold dragon fruit, Kaffir lime, and Kwai Mai Pink lychee. Watch as Mark assesses ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — They’re prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside, and beloved for their iconic pink shells and pearly, fragrant fruit. In the U.S., you might encounter them as a flavorful ...