I've got a tree in my backyard that's growing some fruit that I've never seen before. I tried to look it up online but have no idea how to search for it. I figured the guys of s2ki could certainly help me out.

I live in Fort Myers, Florida. It's pretty tropical down here, winters don't ever get below freezing and not usually under 50 degrees. The tree is fairly good sized, bigger than the Tangerine tree I've got and is absolutely loaded with strange looking red fruit. I took some pics, any idea what it could be?

Sorry for the bad pics, my camera is horrible and it's getting kinda dark.

 

Its a lychee. Very good fruit!

 

Yup,Its a lychee. They only grow in tropical environments, mostly can be found in Asia, like Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillippines, etc..they taste good IMO

 

Sweeet! Thanks guys. I wanted to eat one but I was a little nervous about it haha. Do you just bust them open and eat the inside or eat the outside too?

 

bust it open and eat the white flashy part.
there's a seed in the middle.
not sure if it's ripe though.

 

OMG! Lychee is one of my favorite fruits. Only when you'd find a sweet one will it be very delicious. Yours may not be sweet. I didn't know such a fruit could grow in Florida. Oh, eat the meat inside but not the core/seed in the center.

The white people are missing out on a lot of delicious fruits, such as the aforementioned, longan, and countless of other Asian fruits (of which I'm not remembering the names).

Btw, this fruit is hella expensive in Asian markets in the U.S. because they are imported and fairly cherished. If yours are ripe and sweet, you can sell them to Asian markets for quite a good chunk of money. But if they are not and you'd like to know what they taste like, go to an Asian market and ask to buy them in a can (or fresh) and try them.

 

lychee = good.

 

Oh man! Peel it, unseed it, then put it in the freezer. They taste amazing frozen.

 

those are good!!

 

You have a lychee tree in your backyard? Time to move to Florida