Read more: 12 Facts You Didn't Know About Tomatoes In West African and Central American countries where it is traditionally eaten, ackee fruit is allowed to ripen on the tree and only when it has ...

Ackee grows on an evergreen tree, about 10 meters tall, with a dense crown and a short trunk. Jamaica is the only place where it is widely eaten. It has been, of course, introduced into Barbados, ...