The Two Ackee Plants

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 Above is the ackee used as a national dish in Jamaica usually with salt fish.


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 Above is the ackee of Barbados. It is not used in any dishes but eaten as a fruit.




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Jamaicans refer to the Barbados ackee as guineps. Trinidadians also refer to the Barbados ackee as guinep.

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