Blighia is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. They are trees or large shrubs native to tropical Africa from Guinea east to Kenya, and south to Angola and KwaZulu-Natal.[1] The fruit is partly edible, with the Ackee (B. sapida) being grown commercially for fruit production. The genus is named for Captain William Bligh (formerly of HMS Bounty), who brought samples back to England.
The species are evergreen trees growing to 10–20 metres (33–66 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves. The flowers are produced in small panicles. The fruit is an oval capsule 4–8 centimetres (2–3 in) long containing three seeds, each surrounded by an edible fleshy yellow aril, and a thick, leathery orange or red skin; the fruit apart from the aril is very poisonous.[2]
^ abcBlighia K.D.Koenig. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^"Blighia K. D. Koenig". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-29. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
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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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Leone. It can be found with Calamus, on Lophira alata, Macrolebium or Blighia welwitschii. Simo, M. & Stévart, T. (2014). "Angraecum bancoense". The...
possibly Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on Blighia sapida. Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin...
Hypoglycin B is a naturally occurring organic compound in the species Blighia sapida. It is particularly concentrated in the fruit of the plant especially...
South Africa and Uganda. The larvae feed on Oxyanthus unilocularis and Blighia unijugata. Upperside: Antennae black and setaceous (bristly). Head, thorax...
double brooded from August to October and April to June. Larvae feed on Blighia unijugata and Deinbollia species. The wingspan is 65–70 mm for males and...
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