AKEE APPLES, SESO VEGETAL, ACKEE (Blighia sapida K. D. Koenig) X

AKEE APPLES, SESO VEGETAL, ACKEE
(Blighia sapida K. D. Koenig) X

Synonym — Cupania sapida J. Voigt
Activities (Akee Apples) — Analgesic (f; CRC); Antidote (f; CRC); Antiemetic (f; CRC); Antipyretic
(f; CRC); Poison (f; CRC); Stimulant (f; CRC); Stomachic (f; CRC); Vulnerary (f; CRC).
Indications (Akee Apples) — Cancer, breast (f; CRC); Cancer, testicle (f; CRC); Cold (f; CRC);
Conjunctivosis (f; CRC); Dysentery (f; CRC); Edema (f; CRC); Epilepsy (f; CRC); Fever (f;
CRC); Migraine (f; CRC); Ophthalmia (f; CRC); Orchosis (f; CRC); Pain (f; CRC); Pyorrhea
(f; CRC); Smallpox (f; CRC); Sore (f; CRC); Tumor (f; CRC); Ulcer (f; CRC); Vomiting (f;
CRC); Yaws (f; CRC); Yellow Fever (f; CRC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Akee Apples) — Used as a fish poison.
Contains the potentially useful but toxic hypoglycemic agents, cyclopropanoid amino acids,
hypoglycin A, and hypoglycin B. Akee poisoning has been reported to be fatal in 2 hours. The
bitter reddish raphe should be picked out as the fruit opens on the tree. Damaged, unripe, or
fallen fruits should not be eaten. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, a quiescent period with
drowsiness and sleep, followed 3 or 4 hours later with intense vomiting, and lastly, convulsions,
coma, and death.

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