About Ackee - The ackee fruit is bright red. When ripe, it bursts opens to reveal three large black seeds and bright yellow flesh. The flesh of the ackee is popular as a breakfast food throughout Jamaica. Ackee’s scientific name, blighia sapida, comes from Captain Bligh, who introduced the plant to Jamaica. Ackee is poisonous before it is fully mature, and an ackee pod should never be forced open; it will open itself when it ceases to be deadly. A handful of islands grow ackee as an ornamental tree, but only Jamaica regards the fruit as an edible crop; in fact, it is the Jamaican national fruit.
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