Lychee trees iun full fruit in Dehradun

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Full grown Lychee tree partly red in colour because the incredible number of ripe lychees on it. Its plucking season and they will be eventually picked from the trees and taken to the market for sale. An evergreen tree reaching 10--28 metres tall, the lychee bears fleshy fruits that are up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long and 4 cm (1.6 in) wide. The outside of the fruit is covered by a pink-red, roughly textured rind that is inedible but easily removed to expose a layer of sweet, translucent white flesh. Lychees are eaten in many different dessert dishes, and are especially popular in China, throughout Southeast Asia, along with South Asia and India. The lychee is cultivated in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. China is the main producer, followed by Indi