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Definition of Akee tree
1. Noun. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh.
Terms within: Ackee, Akee
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Blighia, Genus Blighia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Akee Tree
Literary usage of Akee tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"A rather large and ill-defined genus of trees and shrubs, the most important of
which is the akee tree, naturalized in the West Indies from western Africa, ..."
2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1838)
"CULTURE OF THE akee tree. (BLIGHIA SAPIDA.) MANY of the tropical fruit-trees are
very ornamental, and some of them may, no doubt, be grown to a degree of ..."
3. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"The akee tree has been introduced from Guinea into India. The fruit has the size
and shape of a pear, of a red colour, and is much esteemed in Guinea anil ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"... Akee-Tree. It ia a native of Guinea, from whence it has been introduced into
the West Indies and South America. It is a tree attaining a height of 30 or ..."
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