Plant Details

Accepted name:: Litchi chinensis Sonn. [Sapindaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Litchi chinensis subsp. chinensis

Litchi chinensis subsp. javensis Leenh.

Litchi chinensis subsp. philippinensis (Radlk.) Leenh.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cerisier de chine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dān lì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huǒ shān lì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kyetmauk	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
laici	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leechee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
li jhih he	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
li zhi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
li zhi he	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lichi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lichi hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lichi tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lichia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lici	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
litchi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
litchi de chine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
litchi hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
litchi nut	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
litchi semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
litchia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
litchibaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
litchipflanze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
litschi	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
lizhi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
lizhihe	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
lychee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lychee seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
lychee seeds	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
lì zhī	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nephelium litchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semen litchi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semen litchi chinensis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
tayok-zi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
wa-mayar	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
丹荔	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
丽枝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
火山荔	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荔枝	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荔枝叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荔枝壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荔枝核	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
荔枝根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seeds	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Stone fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
seed	dried seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Fruit		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruit, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nephelium chinense (Sonn.) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 637 (1917).
Scytalia chinensis (Sonn.) Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 197 (1788).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Litchi chinenesis Sonn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Litchi chinensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Litchi chinensis (Gaertn.) Sonn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Litchi chinensis Sonn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Litchi chinensis Sonnerat	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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