Melicoccus bijugatus: It is known by many names around the region: as mamoncillo or mamón (in Cuba, Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Venezuela). The fruit is calledchenette (in Trinidad and Tobago), gnep, guinep (in Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Antigua and Barbuda), guaya, quenepa (in México), skinnip (in St. Kitts,"skinup" in (Grenada), kenip (in Dominica), canepa, genip, guinep, ginnip, kenèp,limoncillo (in Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Belize,Bahamas, Anguilla) and in some parts of Central America talpa jocote (in some parts of Guatemala),quenepa (in Puerto Rico), genepa, xenepa, kenepa(in Curaçao and Aruba), knippa (in Suriname) and Spanish lime and limoncillo (in the Dominican Republic).[citation needed] Also, it is often referred to as anoncillo in central Cuba and southernFlorida. It is called "ackee" in the countries of Barbados, St.Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, however, in the rest of the Caribbean, the latter name is used to refer to the related Blighia sapida. In Grenada it is also called "Skin-Up."
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 18:43:45 +0000
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