Sapindaceae
Akee
Blighia sapida
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Blighia
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- آقية, أكي
- arz
- اقى
- Bambara
- Finsan
- Chinese
- 阿開木, 咸鱼果, 来吉果, 西非荔枝果, 阿开木
- Czech
- Poddužák lahodný, Ackee
- dag
- Kpihiga
- Dutch
- Aki, Achee, Ackee, Akee, Akeepruim, Akie, Akipruim
- English
- Akee, Achee, Ackee, Ayee
- ff
- Feso
- Finnish
- Akee
- French
- Akee, Aki, Akée
- German
- Akee, Ackee, Akeepflaume, Akipflaume
- Haitian Creole
- Aki
- Hebrew
- אקי
- Japanese
- アキー
- Kazakh
- Аки
- koi
- Аки
- Korean
- 아키
- kv
- Аки
- lbe
- Аки
- Lithuanian
- Kriaušinė bligija
- Malayalam
- അക്കി
- Manipuri
- ꯑꯛꯀꯤ
- mrj
- Аки
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Aki
- pam
- Ackee
- Persian
- سیب آکی
- Polish
- Bligia pospolita, Ackee, Aka
- Portuguese
- Akee, Ackee
- Russian
- Аки, Блигия вкусная
- Spanish
- Blighia, Phialodiscus
- udm
- Аки
- Ukrainian
- Акі, Aka
- Vietnamese
- Ackee
Synonyms
- Akea solitaria Stokes
- Akeesia africana Tussac
- Bonannia nitida Raf.
- Cupania akeesia Cambess. ex Spach
- Cupania edulis Schumach. & Thonn.
- Cupania sapida (Koenig) Oken
- Sapindus obovatus Wight & Arn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Navassa Island: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Jerome Walker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Fpalli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.