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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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    national dish prepared with 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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    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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    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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    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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