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Is it a fruit?

jmbgram asks:

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We were given a fruit about the size of a grape with tough brown outer skin and clear soft fruit with one black seed, what is it and is it edible?


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Sounds like you are describing a lychee, an edible fruit from the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. Check out the link below to make sure it a match before eating the fruit. Lychee are a common fruit in SouthEast Asia and are quite delicious. Scientific name Nephelium litchi Cambess. 

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lychee.html


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