What do you call the chinese fruit which is about the size of a kumquat and you peel the skin to eat it?

in cantonese its pronounced


PAY PA


but im not sure what its called in english

What do you call the chinese fruit which is about the size of a kumquat and you peel the skin to eat it?
I'm quite sure you're talking about the loquat, pronounced as such in Cantonese, or Pi-pa in Mandarin.





It's used to make that thick, black Chinese cough syrup I thought was some sort of candy. It's great stuff, but I've never seen it in its fresh form before.
Reply:im cantonese; know wat ur talking about but its definately not lychee or wat the other r saying. it probably doesnt hv a usual english name, even if it does its probably very scientifical or deduced from the chinese language.
Reply:There two fruits that fit your descriptions, that I know off:





1. Lychee


2. Longan
Reply:If it has a red skin it's a lychee. If it has a brownish skin it's a longan.
Reply:Shiftace is right. It is loquat in english.
Reply:It's not lychee or longan. It's been used in a cough syrup from China/Taiwan. But sorry don't know the name in English too. :(
Reply:lychee? longan? mangosteen?
Reply:litchi. or lychee.
Reply:This is litchi - or lychee in English.
Reply:lychee?
Reply:lychee, they are a type of gooseberries and delicious with ice cream or cream