Pierre Sonnerat
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Pierre Sonnerat was a French naturalist, colonial administrator, writer and explorer. He described numerous species of plants and animals on his travels and is honoured in the genus Sonneratia and in
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Red-whiskered bulbul
Malabar giant squirrel
Indian scribe
Lychee
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Lychees are the fruit of the tree Litchi chinensis, the sole member of the genus Litchi, part of the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. They are edible, with a sweet, mildly tart flavor, and have a distin
Pierre Sonnerat
…Sonnerat collected bird and plant specimens on his travels. He was the first person to give a scientific description of the south Chinese fruit tree lychee. It has been claimed that Sonnerat misinterpreted the call of a helpful Malagasy guide who had spotted a lemur and shouted "indri!" ("look!" in Malagasy…
Litchi chinensis fruits
Peeled lychee fruits
Pierre Sonnerat's drawing from Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (1782)
Whole and opened fruit with seed