Sydney-born tennis sensation Johanna Konta says her heart is with Britain. For Australian tennis, Johanna Konta is the one that got away and sheâs not coming back. Born in Sydney and fluent in English and Hungarian â the first language of father Gabor â Konta headed to Spain when she was 14 to follow her tennis dream.
Prized for their sweet, fragrant fruit, lychees (Litchi chinensis) are tropical evergreen trees sometimes cultivated within U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and 11. Although most commonly propagated by air layering, most lychee varieties will also grow from fresh seeds. Once planted, the seeds will germinate in approximately one month if kept under consistently warm and shady conditions.
An evergreen tree reaching 10â28 metres (33â92 ft) tall, the lychee bears fleshy fruits that are up to 5 cm long and 4 cm wide (2.0 in Ã 1.6 in). The outside of the fruit is covered by a pink-red, roughly textured rind that is inedible but easily removed to expose a layer of sweet, translucent white flesh.hina is the main producer of lychees, followed by India, with production occurring among other countries in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and South Africa. The lychee has a history and cultivation going back to 2000 BC according to records in China.