kenep


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noun Melicoccus bijugatus; 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. The seeds are edible when roasted.

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16 years ago

i want a kenep/chenet/guinep/skinip/ :P

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Virgin Islander
14 years ago

Yummy I have some!

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Robertha
14 years ago

It is actually spelled guinep and it is delicious!

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14 years ago

It's "actually" spelled kenep in many places.

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14 years ago

Robertha, if you read down some more you'll see a list of synonyms: different names for the same thing in different parts of the Caribbean.

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ad1v1nador
14 years ago

great with rum, let cure first for a week. enjoy

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Lynn
13 years ago

its also called Spanish lime in Miami,Florida (kind of rear to find in MIA) ,but we all know the proper name for this fruit is Guinep, Genipe, and much more ,but I rather kenep :) ;)

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Vanessa
13 years ago

I love kenep !

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12 years ago

This site is great ! Chenet as it is called in Trinidad :) Yum

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Cathy
12 years ago

We locally call it skin up.........and man does it sell here! Lol

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12 years ago

Kenep in Haiti, my great aunt had the biggest tree like it covered most of her property and I would get sick every summer eating this thing.

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stanton
12 years ago

we call it chenette/chenet!

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Brudda Bob
12 years ago

We also refer to this as Ginip also. Children usually ask "yuh wan ginip" and when you reply yes, they say "skin yuh lip'

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Raj Gainda
11 years ago

In Surinam it is called kanepa

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Surge-Cess
11 years ago

Love Ginip! This is definitely a great treat.

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Faith
11 years ago

Great with ice cream

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11 years ago

Kenep is one of the best fruit in the summer. I love it.

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11 years ago

Omg I miss those😂

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Kool
11 years ago

I love these they're so good

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Yes
11 years ago

So good just got some

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Shi
11 years ago

Reminds me of my childhood. Kenep is so good!

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trish
11 years ago

we call it ackee in St. Vincent

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Khari
10 years ago

Better than all the fruit that America has to offer

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Earica
10 years ago

Kenep yum yum n

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Angie
10 years ago

Have not had any in over twenty years. Keneps are still delicious.

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Vueense
10 years ago

Quenepa and ice cream yum so good

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Anie
10 years ago

Can't wait to go back to Haiti and eat these again, the ones they sell in America are unripe and sour💀💍😭💖

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Bobzy
10 years ago

You know what is better than guinep and ice cream, .nutriment and ice cream

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Frankie
9 years ago

Those are kenèp 😍😍🇭🇹 My favorite

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Vic
9 years ago

Guinep with malt beer niiiiiiice

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Dick
9 years ago

Big dick

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Angeli
9 years ago

I love kenep

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Rudebwoy
9 years ago

@ANIE EVRI JESUS TING INNA AMERICA SOUR

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Mary
9 years ago

Just bought some and they are delicious! There are trees of them growing on the beach where I take my dog. And they are ripe!!! Yayyya

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I❤ harty
9 years ago

i ❤ chenette/kenep/guinep

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I❤ harty
9 years ago

i ❤ chenette/kenep/guinep

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I❤ harty
9 years ago

i ❤ chenette/kenep/guinep

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I❤ harty
9 years ago

i ❤ chenette/kenep/guinep

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Poupette
9 years ago

Love kénèp😚😚😚

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Poupette
9 years ago

Love kénèp😚😚😚

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9 years ago

I love those things we used to eat them in Haiti it brings. Any memories. Trying to get woodmans to order some.❤️

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9 years ago

How can I order some and bring to America. ?

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Bridge
9 years ago

I can't wait to try them - sounds yummy!!!

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MEGA
9 years ago

Oh, Laad!!!!! SOME, SOME SOUR, SOME TANGY. MAN WE USE TO PUNISH THESE GROWING UP BACK HOME. EVERYONE KNEW WHICH TREE WAS THE SWEETEST

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Ellen
8 years ago

❤️❤️❤️

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Ellen
8 years ago

It’s so good 😊 with hot sauce & black pepper 🤫😋

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Ray
8 years ago

Enjoying some now as I type.

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medjina
8 years ago

Omg these are my childhood, I love them can't wait to go back to haity to eat a lot. Lollll

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Ashtoretha
8 years ago

I love it whit black paper

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Sterline
8 years ago

I absolutely love eating kenep. It’s one of the list of food I want to eat when I go to Haiti.

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Natasha
8 years ago

My childhood right there! Kénèp! I can’t wait to visit the Motherlands 🇭🇹

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8 years ago

love eating kenep!

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8 years ago

love eating kenep!

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Michelle
8 years ago

I love Kenep I can eat it all day sweet and good

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abigail
7 years ago

kenep is awesomeeee

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Jefferson
7 years ago

Lembrei do período que passei pelo Haiti. Experimentei o kenep e adorei. Muito saborosa. No Brasil existe fruta parecida que conhecemos como Pitomba.

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valarie
7 years ago

we call it akee

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Safanie
6 years ago

It’s soo good I want some 😋.

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Patricia Markert
6 years ago

It's a delicious fruit with an acquired taste. Sweet and a little tart. I'm eating some as i write.

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MetCal
5 years ago

'Kenepa' on Curacao - delicious

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José
4 years ago

You see farmers selling these "quenepas" every summer by the roadside here. Eaten raw or mixed into rum drinks. The leaves are said to have healing properties.

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Evy
4 years ago

They are called Mamones in El Salvador 🇸🇻 in English the word mean suckers

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Evy
4 years ago

I'm vacationing in the Bahamas st the moment and had it to chase a fee kids in scooters just to but then some kenep unfortunately I couldn't catch them and since it is really hot and humid here I felt I was gonna pass out and went back to the resort with a sad face and empty hands 😂😂😂

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asher
4 years ago

I went to haiti for a mission trip and ate some. EXQUISITE.

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Her
3 years ago

Kénéps the best 🤭