Large tree to 60 feet (18 m), densely branched and symmetrical, with smooth gray bark. Leaves 9-15 inches (23-38 cm) in length, alternate, compound, with 3-5 pairs of glossy leaflets. Flowers greenish, small, staminate and hermaphroditic, in axillary racemes. Fruit a red, yellow or orange capsule, 2-4 inches (5-10 cm) long, opening at maturity, with 3 cream colored arils, each tipped with a black seed.

Stomachic (leaf, bark); febrifuge, analgesic, antidote, antiemetic, antipyretic, stimulant, vulnerary.

Akee

Ascorbic acid, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin (aril, seed); beta-carotene (aril); hederagenin (plant)

To alleviate headaches, to the skin to heal ulcers, in ophthalmia and conjunctivitis (leaves); for epilepsy, yellow fever, breast cancer, cold, testicle cancer, small pox, tumour and vomiting.