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Ovoid green fruit that grows in bunches on trees up to 30m high. The fruit typically ripen during the summer. The fruit is related to the lychee and have tight, thin but rigid skins. Inside the skin is the tart, tangy, or sweet pulp of the fruit covering a large seed. The pulp is usually cream or orange coloured.
alternatives
ackee, chenet, chennette, guinep, kenep, limoncillo, mamoncillo, quenepa, quenette, skinip, wayaarrow_drop_down
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Selfrin
9 years ago
A very sweet fruit. The tree gives fruit once a year. Mostly in April all leaves will fall of. <br /> With the new brenches there will come the flowers and later on the young fruits.<br /> The fruit will be ready to eat in late August. Then it will be at it's best.
Brent
6 years ago
na boo boo this called gunipe.
Guinep , a very sweet fruit wher rip
Zoey
2 years ago
My grandma has a big tree on our land in Haiti
Angelo
last year
We have a kenepa tree in our backyard. Love these.
Sylvia
11 months ago
I live in Ohio but my mother and father are from Puerto Rico sometimes when they came back from visiting the family there they'd bring some back and omg they are sooooo good wish I could get some here