Our Lychee Varieties
Erdon Lee
荔枝王/恐龍蛋
A mid-to-late season lychee prized for its large fruit, deep red and purple colour and distinctive wrinkled skin. Grown on a sprawling, medium-to-large tree.
Trivia
Its name Erdon Lee is a direct transliteration from 鵝蛋荔 (goose egg) which is actually a different variety also known for its enormous size. The actual Chinese origin is 紫娘喜 which translates to "a purple lovable lady".
Bai Tai Ying
白糖罌
One of our earliest lychees to ripen, with thin bright red skin and crisp, waxy-white flesh. Its sweetness in the purest form earned its Chinese name meaning "a jar of white sugar". It is also prized for the small seeds which makes it even more popular amongst customers.
Did you know?
Bai Tai Ying is the OG of lychees and in Gaozhou (高州) China there is a 1300 year old tree that is still bearing fruits. This photo is of a "younger" tree standing at 800 years of age. Not really that young, is it?
Kaimana
Diamond, a jewel of a lychee
A highly sought after lychee variety as it offers a rare combination of great sweetness, large size, small seed and a strong fruity aroma. Hidden underneath its thin smooth skin is its crisp juicy flesh.
Origin
It is a unique variety selected and bred from a Hak Ip (黑葉) seedling at the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. It received its official name meaning "diamond" in the local language in 1982 which is the diamond anniversary of the Station. The breeder also refers to this variety as "a jewel of a lychee".
粉紅桂味 a.k.a. Bosworth 3 (B3)
An Australian classic dating back to cuttings brought from Shekki (石岐, 中山) in Southern China in 1932. Round, medium-sized fruit with an orange blush, a small seed and excellent flavour. Harvested in mid-late Dec and early Jan.
Kwai Mai Pink
Story Of Herbert Bosworth
Born in Ingham, North Queensland, Herbert Bosworth was the pioneer of commercial lychee growing in Australia. He had a collection of stock plants and gave them numbers, amongst which No.3 was a standout candidate for larger scale growing. It is therefore named "Bosworth 3", or "B3". B3 shares some similarities with Kuai Mai (桂味) but is not to be mixed up with it due to its distinctive taste.
Chompogo
仙婆果 / Xian Po Guo
Chompogo is a late-season lychee prized for its generous size and intensely sweet flavour. With juicy flesh, easy-peeling skin and a mild, low-acid taste, it offers a wonderfully refreshing eating experience. Its ability to hold well on the tree also allows us to harvest the fruit at its best, extending the enjoyment of fresh lychees into mid-late Jan.
Tale of the Fairy Lady
According to a local legend from Huidong, Guangdong, centuries ago an elderly healer known as “Xian Po” (仙婆, the Fairy Lady) lived beside an ancient lychee tree on the banks of the Xizhi River. Travellers who fell ill were said to seek her help, and she would brew the tree’s leaves or fruit into traditional remedies. A brown mark on her forehead was said to resemble the distinctive pale brown markings on the lychee fruit, and over time villagers began calling the fruit “Xian Po Guo” — the Fairy Lady’s Fruit. Today, many Xian Po Guo trees in Huidong are believed to descend from that ancient mother tree.