Lychee
Lychee is a fragrant tropical fruit eaten fresh or canned and used in desserts, drinks, and fruit dishes.
About Lychee
Lychee is a small tropical fruit with a rough, usually red or pink skin and translucent white flesh surrounding a single hard seed. The flesh is juicy, tender, and highly aromatic, with a sweet flavour and floral character. Fresh fruit is peeled before eating, while the skin and seed are discarded.
Its flesh is soft and juicy when fresh, while canned lychee is softer and typically packed in syrup. Dried lychee is darker and chewier, with a more concentrated flavour than fresh fruit.
Lychees are sold fresh, canned, dried, or preserved. Preparation usually removes the skin and seed; peeling exposes the translucent flesh, while drying or canning changes the fruit’s appearance, moisture, and texture.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Local names for lychee
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
荔枝
lìzhī
荔枝
lai zi
litchi
Lychee
荔枝
lìzhī
lychee
Litschi
lichi
lichia
litchi
lychee
ライチー
raichī
리치
richi
vải
ลิ้นจี่
linchì
leci
laici
लीची
līchī
লিচু
licu
லிச்சி
licci
లిచీ
licī
ಲಿಚಿ
lici
ലിച്ചി
licci
लिची
licī
લીચી
līcī
ලීචී
līcī
ليتشي
lītshī
لیچی
līchī
liçi
личи
lichi
лічі
lichi
licsi
litchi
lici
Romanised form
raichī
Romanised form
Litchi, chair sans peau, sans noyau, au sirop léger, appertisé, égoutté
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Litchi, chair sans peau, sans noyau, cru
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Litchis, dried
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Litchis, raw
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lychee (canned)
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lychee (raw)
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Lychee, Frozen
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Lychee, peeled, frozen
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Lychee, peeled, raw
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Lychees
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Lychees, flesh only, raw, weighed with skin and stone
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Lychees, raw, flesh only
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licci
Romanised form
lītshī
Romanised form
lichi
Romanised form
richi
Romanised form
licu
Romanised form
līcī
Romanised form
lìzhī
Romanised form
līchī
Romanised form
licci
Romanised form
lichi
Romanised form
līchī
Romanised form
līcī
Romanised form
licī
Romanised form
linchì
Romanised form
licī
Romanised form
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Lychee nutrition & diet
Lychee nutritional value
Lychee, peeled, raw
Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.
- Calories
- 71.2kcal
- Protein
- 0.8g
- Carbs
- 16.8g
- Fat
- 0.0g
Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F005255. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.
Portions & preparation
Use the edible aril after removing peel and seed, and distinguish fresh, frozen, canned, dried, or juiced forms. Canned and processed products require their packing liquid and added sweeteners to be identified. Desserts and drinks may include dairy, alcohol, syrups, or other fruits, changing the reference food.
Compare the right form: Match the reference to fresh, frozen, canned, dried, or juiced lychee arils, with seed removal and packing liquid specified.
Diet considerations
Lychee is a plant-derived fruit and is compatible with plant-based diets in plain form. Compatibility changes in desserts, beverages, and fruit preparations containing dairy, gelatin, eggs, alcohol, or cereal ingredients. Fresh, canned, dried, and juiced forms create different portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns, particularly when packed in syrup or sweetened.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganTypically compatible
- VegetarianTypically compatible
- PescatarianTypically compatible
- KetoDepends on the version
- PaleoTypically compatible
- Low-carbDepends on the version
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Typically compatible
- The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
- Vegetarian · Typically compatible
- The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
- Pescatarian · Typically compatible
- The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
- Keto · Depends on the version
- Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
- Paleo · Typically compatible
- The plain form fits the conventional paleo food groups. Added ingredients and individual interpretations can differ.
- Low-carb · Depends on the version
- Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Lychee, peeled, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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