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The bark is grey-black, the branches a brownish-red. Its evergreen leaves are 12.5 to 20 cm (4.9 to 7.9 in) long, with leaflets in two to four pairs. [4] Lychee are similar in foliage to the family Lauraceae, likely due to convergent evolution. They are adapted by developing leaves that repel water, and are called laurophyll or lauroid leaves.
Pometia pinnata is a fruiting and flowering species, and it produces white to green-yellow flowers. [2] The male and female flowers are similar in size and color, so it is hard to differentiate between them. [3] They grow in long stalks, 2–2.5 millimetres (0.08–0.10 in) in length, and produce flowers that can potentially fruit. [2]
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English: Lychee fruits at a market in West Bengal, India. Photo taken in June 2022. ... Auto white balance: Date and time of digitizing: 11:40, 2 June 2022: Color space:
The ackee (Blighia sapida), also known as acki, akee, or ackee apple, is a fruit of the Sapindaceae family, as are the lychee and the longan. It is native to tropical West Africa. [2] [5] The scientific name honours Captain William Bligh who took the fruit from Jamaica to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England, in 1793. [2]
The flowers form in large panicles, each flower small, creamy white. The fruit is a small leathery-skinned drupe 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) in diameter, yellow ripening blackish, containing one to three seeds .
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