福建莆田县是著名的古老的荔枝之乡,但对于普遍栽培的荔枝是何品种却没有一个明确的命名.而目前广泛流行的书本(包括教科书)、杂志都认为是陈紫荔枝,甚至认为在本世纪初由蒲威廉(Willian N Brewster)引去美国的蒲氏荔枝即为陈紫.按陈紫是宋蔡襄《荔枝谱》最称颂的品种, Putian County, Fujian Province, is famous for its ancient litchi town, but it does not have a clear name for what variety of litchi is commonly cultivated.At present, the widely popular books (including textbooks) and magazines all consider it as litchi and even think that At the beginning of this century, the Pu’er lychee which was led to the United States by Willian N Brewster is Chen Zi. According to Chen Zi, the most acclaimed variety of Song Cai Xiang’s “lychee spectrum”