Jamaica ackee tree

Ackee trees produce fruits year-round in tropical regions worldwide. Ackee fruits are one of the main ingredients in Jamaica's national dish known as Ackee

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I first tasted Jamaica's national dish of ackee and saltfish on a beach in Negril. I looked The ackee tree grows easily in the Jamaican

Jamaican ackee trees are found across the island of Jamaica, but the main producing areas are located in Clarendon and St Elizabeth.

The tree, though, was something special: ackee. Jamaica's national fruit. The poor thing rarely fruited, but it was still like a Jamaican flag

Growing ackee (Blighia sapida) in Jamaica. Mimeograph report to Fruit Tree Crop Project of Ministry of Agriculture, Kingston, Jamaica. Google

Ackee, scientifically known as Blighia sapida, the national fruit of Jamaica poisonous ackee growing tree branch Michae Allen/Shutterstock.

The ackee tree was introduced to Jamaica from West Africa during the 18th century by Thomas Clarke – Jamaica's first botanist.

The scientific name, Blighia sapida, is named for Captain William Bligh who took it from Jamaica to England. There is a mature Ackee tree at