Blighia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

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Read about Blighia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Blighia (W. Bligh, British mariner, who wrote on a journey in the South Seas, 1792). Sapindaceae. Trees and shrubs with pinnately compound Lvs. and axillary, racemose fls.; differs from Cupania in having a deeply cut calyx (rather than separate sepals) with the parts only slightly imbricate, and also in the fr.—One species in Guinea, now naturalized in the W. Indies, and yielding the akee, a 3-parted fr. with edible red aril that is much improved by cooking. The fls. are so fragrant as to deserve distilling. The tree reaches a height of 30 ft., and is cult. in Jamaica to an altitude of only 3,000 ft., but can endure slight frost. It is also cult, in S. Fla. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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