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Blighia sapida - Ripening fruits - Click to enlarge!

Ripening fruits; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Blighia sapida - Bisexual and male flower (right top) - Click to enlarge!

Bisexual and male flower (right top); Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Blighia sapida - Leaves - Click to enlarge!

Leaves; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Blighia sapida - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Blighia sapida - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Blighia sapida - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 108
Date of entry: 07.09.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Akee

German: Akee

Portuguese: Akee, Castanha-da-áfrica

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2603)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2500)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2115)

      Order: Sapindales (67)

        Family: Sapindaceae (15)(family description)

          Genus: Blighia (1)

            Epithet: sapida K. Konig (1)

Synonym: Cupania sapida (Konig) Voigt

sapida => from the Latin sapidus meaning 'tasty'

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, beige, white

External links

Check for Blighia sapida at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI
  • [404] Akee - Fruits of warm climates

Literature

  • [40] Nelson,L.S., Shih,R., Balick,M. (2007): Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. 2nd edition, 0(0):Springer-Verlag GmbH.

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