Hak Ip

Variety of Lychee · Litchi chinensis

Reliable mid-season commercial cultivar with a high rate of small chicken-tongue seeds.

Also known as: Haak Yip, Black Leaf, Hei Ye

🇨🇳 China

Taste & characteristics

juicysweetaromatic

Medium, egg-shaped fruit with thinner, dark red to purplish skin. Sweet, aromatic flesh.

Vigorous tree with dark foliage (name means 'black leaf'); well suited to subtropical regions.

Mid-season; high, consistent yields, a major cultivar in South China and internationally.

Good proportion of aborted (chicken-tongue) seeds, giving a high flesh-to-seed ratio.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Lychee unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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