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    Ackee (redirect from Blighia sapida)
    The ackee (Blighia sapida), also known as acki, akee, or ackee apple, is a fruit of the Sapindaceae (soapberry) family, as are the lychee and the longan...
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    Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig - Ackee Blighia unijugata Baker Blighia welwitschii (Hiern) Radlk. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blighia. Blighia K...
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    amino acid derivative found in the unripened fruit of the Ackee tree (Blighia sapida) and in the seeds of the box elder tree (Acer negundo). It is toxic...
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    Hypoglycin B is a naturally occurring organic compound in the species Blighia sapida. It is particularly concentrated in the fruit of the plant especially...
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    is 1,220 millimetres or 48.03 inches. Tree species here include the Blighia sapida more commonly known as ackee in English and ishin in Yoruba, and Parkia...
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    dish prepared with sautéed ackee and salted codfish. The ackee fruit (Blighia sapida) is the national fruit of Jamaica. It was brought to the Caribbean from...
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    Pippin [citation needed] Israel Sabra/Prickly pear Opuntia Jamaica Ackee Blighia sapida Japan Japanese persimmon Diospyros kaki Malaysia Papaya or Durian Carica...
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    (Tamarindus indica) Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Ficus benjamina Ackee (Blighia sapida) Manilkara zapota Teak (Tectona grandis) Myers, N., R. A. Mittermeier...
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    surfactants and are used commercially in cosmetics and detergents. Ackee (Blighia sapida) fruit Guinep/ Mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus) fruit Lychee (Litchi...
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    Royal Society in Britain upon his return. The ackee's scientific name Blighia sapida in binomial nomenclature was given in honour of Bligh. In Adventure...
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  • attracted to fallen fruit. The larvae feed on Deinbollia pinnata and Blighia sapida. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euphaedra modesta. Wikispecies...
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    National tree: blue mahoe (Hibiscus elatus) National fruit: ackee (Blighia sapida) National motto: "Out of Many, One People." Sport is an integral part...
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    (Phyllanthus muellerianus), the monkey cola (Cola millenii), the ackee (Blighia sapida) and the beechwood (Gmelina arborea). As the red-flanked duiker eats...
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    the ackey was in circulation. The name derived from the use of ackee (Blighia sapida) seeds for weighing gold dust; one ackee seed weighed about 20 troy...
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    Common name Species name Achacha Garcinia humilis Ackee Blighia sapida Aglaia teysmanniana Aglaia teysmanniana Asam gelugur Garcinia atroviridis Asam kelubi...
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    hispida, Arenga pinnata, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Billbergia spp., Blighia sapida, Bougainvillea glabra, Bougainvillea spectabilis, Calliandra haematocephala...
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  • and medical anthropology”. The UHM Campus Arboretum has an Akee tree (Blighia sapida) as a memorial namesake tree dedicated with a plaque; the species chosen...
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    possibly Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on Blighia sapida. Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)...
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    responsible for mild skin reactions in some people who handle the plant. Blighia sapida ackee Sapindaceae The seeds, unripened arils, and inedible portions...
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    the ceiling; its scientific name was, and remains, Blighia sapida. (The scientific name Blighia sapida had been given to the ackee by staff at the British...
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    - Wrightia pubescens Lanzones – Lansium parasiticum Lasong-kainan - Blighia sapida Lauan(Red) - Shorea negrosensis Lauan(White) - Shorea contorta Lila-lilahan...
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    Specimen found in Jamaica on an ackee tree (Blighia sapida). Remarkaby it resembles the ackee fruit pod....
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    Phialodiscus unijugatus, Paullinia pinnata, Blighia sapida, Lecaniodiscus cupanioides, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Blighia unijugata and Allophylus species. E...
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  • Blepharis linariifolia Pers. Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig Blumea adamsii J.-P.Lebrun & Stork Blumea axillaris (Lam...
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