It's not very common to eat the unripe litchis though. But children do eat these unripe here and there. As in while running around in those orchards mostly play

It's not very common to eat the unripe litchis though. But children do eat these unripe here and there. As in while running around in those orchards mostly playfully or stealing for fun and taste. We usually eat only ripe ones. I am from the same place as the parent commenter. They taste really bad unripe. No, litchi orchards are usually sold well before they ripe and people protect it. So most of the litchi is consumed after it's ripe and from the market unless someone has their own orchard.