- Blighia
image_caption = "Blighia sapida"
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Sapindales
familia =Sapindaceae
genus = "Blighia"
genus_authority = K.D.Koenig
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|"Blighia" is a
genus of fourspecies offlowering plant s in the soapberry familySapindaceae , native to tropicalAfrica fromGuinea east toKenya . Thefruit is partly edible, with theAckee ("B. sapida") being grown commercially for fruit production.The species are
evergreen tree s growing to 10-20 m tall, with pinnate leaves. Theflower s are produced in smallpanicle s. The fruit is an oval capsule 4-8 cm long containing threeseed s, 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.;Selected species
*"Blighia sapida " -Ackee
*"Blighia unijugata "
*"Blighia welwitschii "
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