| Ackee | |
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| Fruit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Blighia |
| Species: | B. sapida
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| Binomial name | |
| Blighia sapida | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cupania sapida Voigt | |
| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9.55 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | 3.45 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18.78 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8.75 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raw arils after pods allowed to open naturally. Seeds removed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[3] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. It is native to tropical West Africa.[2][5] The scientific name honours Captain William Bligh who took the fruit from Jamaica to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England, in 1793.[2] The English common name is derived from the West African Akan-language name akye fufo.[6]
Although having a long-held reputation as being poisonous with potential fatalities,[7] the fruit arils are renowned as delicious when ripe, prepared properly, and cooked[8] and are a feature of various Caribbean cuisines.[2] Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is considered a delicacy.[8]
- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2019). "Blighia sapida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T146420481A156104704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T146420481A156104704.en.
- ^ a b c d Morton, JF (1987). "Ackee; Blighia sapida K. Konig". Fruits of warm climates. Miami, FL: The Center for New Crops and Plant Products, at Purdue University. pp. 269–271. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Blighia sapida". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ Metcalf, Allan (1999). The World in So Many Words. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-95920-9.
- ^ Isenberg, Samantha L.; Carter, Melissa D.; Hayes, Shelby R.; Graham, Leigh Ann; Johnson, Darryl; Mathews, Thomas P.; Harden, Leslie A.; Takeoka, Gary R.; Thomas, Jerry D.; Pirkle, James L.; Johnson, Rudolph C. (13 July 2016). "Quantification of toxins in soapberry (Sapindaceae) arils: Hypoglycin A and methylenecyclopropylglycine". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 64 (27): 5607–5613. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02478. ISSN 0021-8561. PMC 5098216. PMID 27367968.
- ^ a b "Ackee". Jamaican Information Service. 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.