Climatically Optimum Growth Areas Litchis Criterion 1: Monthly Mean Temp = 10C, May - July

Litchis, Litchi chinensis, are indigenous to subtropical southern China and were first imported to South Africa from Mauritius in the 1870s (ARC, 2005). Of the 7 000 tons of litchis produced annually in South Africa, with a gross value exceeding R25 million, about 60 percent come from Mpumalanga, 38 percent from Limpopo and 2 percent from KwaZulu-Natal (Statistics SA, 2002; NDA, 2005).

荔枝（Litchi chinensis）原产于中国亚热带南部地区，于19世纪70年代从毛里求斯首次引入南非（ARC，2005）。南非每年产出荔枝7000吨，总产值逾2500万南非兰特，其中约60%产自姆普马兰加省（Mpumalanga），38%产自林波波省（Limpopo），剩余2%产自夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省（KwaZulu-Natal），相关数据来源于南非统计局（Statistics SA，2002）与NDA（2005）。