2006-10-26 14:45:30 · 10 answers · asked by wolf_andie_smith 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
The Lychee (Litchi chinensis), also spelled Litchi (the USA FDA spelling) or Laichi, is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It is a tropical fruit tree native from southern China and Vietnam south to Indonesia and east to the Philippines. Local names include vải, lệ chi or 荔枝 (pinyin: lìzhī), Alupag (Philippines), lin jee (ลิ้นจี่, Thailand), and Raichi (Japan).
It is a medium-sized evergreen tree, reaching 15-20 m tall, with alternate pinnate leaves, each leaf 15-25 cm long, with 2-8 lateral leaflets 5-10 cm long; the terminal leaflet is absent. The newly emerging young leaves are a bright coppery red at first, before turning green as they expand to full size. The flowers are small, greenish-white or yellowish-white, produced in panicles up to 30 cm long.
The fruit is a drupe, 3-4 cm long and 3 cm in diameter. The outside is covered by a red, roughly-textured rind that is inedible but easily removed. The inside consists of a layer of sweet, translucent white flesh, rich in vitamin C, with a texture somewhat similar to that of a grape. The edible flesh consists of a highly developed aril enveloping the seed. The centre contains a single glossy brown nut-like seed, 2 cm long and 1-1.5 cm in diameter. The seed, similar to a buckeye seed, is slightly poisonous and should not be eaten. The fruit matures from July to October, about 100 days after flowering.
2006-10-26 17:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are preparing Mexican cuisine, then it is most likely "leche" (pronounced LAY-chay), or MILK.
Leache is the name of a city in Spain, a surname of an artist, and/or a league in New Zealand that advocates and assists new mothers with breast feeding (milk?..hehe)
2006-10-26 15:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by AileneWright 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better check the spelling. Leche is Spanish for milk and Lychee is a fruit.
2006-10-26 15:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see the picture of Leache(datpalm)
http://www.pakissan.com/english/advisory/images/dat.lychee05.jpg
2006-10-26 15:03:16 · answer #4 · answered by Shahid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leche - milk in Spanish
2006-10-26 15:03:28 · answer #5 · answered by Robert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
La Leche is spanish for milk!
2006-10-26 16:02:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"formulation feeding is man made feeding, that's artificially made" So is the child wash and lotion you're putting on your infant everday.So are the clothing you're dessing him in.So is his mattress.
2016-12-08 22:10:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
context?
some one who sucks the blood out of you.
2006-10-26 14:47:27 · answer #8 · answered by pinkstealth 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think you mean a lychee (leechee) they ate a fruit they are really juicy and sweet.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dsfp%26p%3Dlychee&w=200&h=200&imgurl=www.pakissan.com%2Fenglish%2Fadvisory%2Fimages%2Fdat.lychee05.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakissan.com%2Fenglish%2Fadvisory%2Fgrowing.lychee.trees.under.datepalm.shtml&size=10.9kB&name=dat.lychee05.jpg&p=lychee&type=jpeg&no=2&tt=13,897&oid=79a25f66eeba2d78&ei=UTF-8
2006-10-26 14:48:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
MILK
2006-10-26 14:47:39 · answer #10 · answered by The gr8t alien 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋