Meaning | small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe. |
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Synonym | Blighia |
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Member of | Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family | chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh |
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Members | akee, akee tree, Blighia sapida | Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits |
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Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | blighia, genus blighia |
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Catalan | blighia, genus blighia |
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