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Blighia sapida, Cupania sapida
Family: Sapindaceae
Akee, Seso Vegetal, Arbre a Fricasser (Haiti)
Origin: West tropical Africa - Gold Coast & Ivory Coast
big tree full sun moderate water edible attracts butterflies, hummingbirds subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time incuded in CD catalog
Season: May fruit twice a year, heaviest crop in summer. National fruit of Jamaica. Rather large, handsome, fast growing, evergreen tree, may be kept at a reasonable height through regular pruning. When fully mature the fruit opens revealing a crisp, cream colored, glossy aril, somewhat nutty-flavored attached to large, black, shiny seeds. Fruit is poisonous until allowed to open naturally. Makes a very tasty side dish: boil for five minutes and fry in butter. The plant is somewhat hardy to light frost.
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Blighia sapida, Cupania sapida, Akee, Seso Vegetal, Arbre a Fricasser (Haiti)

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Name:Orville Email:AckeeTree@verizon.net Location:Saint Petersburg Florida Homepage:Http://www.ackee=tree.com Zone:10 27 May 2008, 7:01 PM	Kew is in England. The ackee tree was brought to Jamaica,or some say the seeds, by William Bligh. He then introduced the plant to the British Botanical Society which is in Kew England. The plant was named in his honor Blighia sapida.
Name:Larry Lool M.D. Email:lloomd@sbcglobal.net Location:Clovis, California Homepage:http://www.wonderip.com Zone:9 22 Apr 2009, 9:58 PM	I served in Ghana, West Africa, for several years as a missionary physician. In the front yard of the home in which we lived were several medium size Akee "apple" trees. The bright red-colored fruit that hung on the trees were very attractive, but, we never tasted them because they were reputed to be poisonous. In fact a few times each year young children were brought to our hospital after eating Akee apples. Most were unconscious when brought in to our hospital. Our staff, however, had learned that ingestion of these fruit produced profound hypoglycemia. Conventional treatment with IV glucose solutions saved most of the children - an occasional one with severe hypoglycemia died.
Name:Larry Lool M.D. Email:lloomd@sbcglobal.net Location:Clovis, California Homepage:http://www.wonderip.com Zone:9 22 Apr 2009, 9:58 PM	I served in Ghana, West Africa, for several years as a missionary physician. In the front yard of the home in which we lived were several medium size Akee "apple" trees. The bright red-colored fruit that hung on the trees were very attractive, but, we never tasted them because they were reputed to be poisonous. In fact a few times each year young children were brought to our hospital after eating Akee apples. Most were unconscious when brought in to our hospital. Our staff, however, had learned that ingestion of these fruit produced profound hypoglycemia. Conventional treatment with IV glucose solutions saved most of the children - an occasional one with severe hypoglycemia died.

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2052 Blighia sapida
Akee - rare fruit tree, hard to find. Somewhat cold-hardy once established. National fruit of Jamaica. Delicious when fried!
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1-3 gal pot

6 plant(s) in stock

49.95

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