No.
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Vernacular names
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Country/Island
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Descriptions based on respondents
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Descriptions based on literature search
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References
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1
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Banbran
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Jamaica
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ND
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Fruits are round and small
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(Leakey 1977; Roberts-Nkrumah 2008)
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2
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Banjam
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Jamaica
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Fruits are large with white to pale yellow flesh and very rough skin, bear throughout the year and easy to cook
|
ND
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 2008)
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3
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Black Breadfruit
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Fruits are large, round with smooth skin
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Fruit are oval with relatively rough and light green skin
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
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4
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Bois Pain
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St. Lucia
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ND
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Medium sized fruit with yellow flesh
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(Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
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5
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Brambram*
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Jamaica
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Large fruits with smooth textured pulp, very rough skin and easy to roast
|
ND
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ND
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6
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Butter Breadfruit
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Small to large round fruit. Pulp color is very yellow and excellent texture
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Fruits are subglobose, have relatively rough green skin
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
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7
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Butterheart
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Tobago
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Small to large round fruit. Pulp color is very yellow and excellent texture
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Fruits are subglobose, have relatively rough green skin
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
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8
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Captain Bligh
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Medium sized fruit with yellow pulp and excellent for cooking. Leaves have very deep sinuses
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Subglosoe fruit with fairly rough and light green skin. Leaves have thin lobes.
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997; Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991; Leakey 1977)
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9
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Cassava
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Jamaica
|
Medium sized oval fruit with a yellow pulp. Easy to cook. Leaves have very deep sinuses.
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Small to medium size fruit with pale yellow pulp with good flavor and long shelf life. Leaves have deep sinuses, and sometimes there is sub-lobing
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(Webster 2006; Roberts-Nkrumah 2001; 2008)
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10
|
Cocobread
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Very large fruit with smooth skin, easy to cook and has an excellent mouthfeel.
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Large oval fruit, with very smooth skin and yellow flesh. Wrinkled leaves
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997; Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991; Leakey 1977)
|
11
|
Common
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Smooth skin, yellow flesh, easy to cook. Very popular
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Smooth to rough skin, yellow fleshed fruit
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997; 2008; Leakey 1977)
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12
|
Choufchouf*
|
Tobago
|
Round, medium sized fruit with very rough skin and creamish to white pulp that is easy to cook
|
ND
|
ND
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13
|
Couscous*
|
Jamaica
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Medium to large round or oval fruit with very rough skin. Creamish to a pale-yellow pulp. Easy to cook. Leaves are wrinkled
|
ND
|
ND
|
14
|
Creole
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Smooth skin, yellow flesh, easy to cook. Very popular
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Round smooth, light green skin
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997; Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
|
15
|
Dessert
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Large fruit with thick yellow pulp and very easy to cook
|
Oval fruit with fairly smooth yellow green skin
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
16
|
England
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Medium sized fruit with yellow pulp and excellent for cooking. Leaves have very deep sinuses
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Subglosoe fruit with fairly rough and light green skin. Leaves have thin lobes.
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997; Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991; Leakey 1977)
|
17
|
Finey*
|
Jamaica
|
Small to medium fruit, round or oval fruit with yellow to bright yellow pulp. Easy to roast and of very good eating – quality
|
ND
|
ND
|
18
|
Floater
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Large fruit with smooth skin and yellow pulp
|
Large round fruit with smooth skin and yellowish cream pulp
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
19
|
Green Skin
|
Grenada
|
ND
|
Medium sized fruit, yellow flesh
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(Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
|
20
|
Hard Nature*
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Medium sized rough-skinned fruit with white to a creamish pulp. Hard to cook
|
ND
|
ND
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21
|
Hogpen
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Large round fruit, smooth skin, thick yellow pulp. Easy to cook.
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Medium sized round fruit with smooth, light green skin, yellowish cream pulp
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
22
|
Hope Marble
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Small round fruit with smooth skin, and yellow to very yellow pulp. Very easy to cook
|
Small, sub-globose fruit with smooth green skin and light yellow pulp
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997; 2001; 2008)
|
23
|
Kashee Bread
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Medium to large oval fruit, with very, very rough skin and yellow flesh. Leaves are lopsided and drooping.
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Medium sized, spiny fruit; yellow flesh. Wrinkled or puckered and drooping leaf
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997; Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
|
24
|
Kele kele
|
French colonies in the Caribbean
|
ND
|
Seedless
|
(Leakey 1977)
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25
|
Koshi
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
ND
|
Large, round, and rough skinned. Yellow flesh with excellent eating - quality
|
(Leakey 1977)
|
26
|
Lawyer Caine
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Medium sized, oval fruit with slightly yellow pulp. Fairly easy to cook.
|
Medium sized, round fruit with smooth, light yellow green skin and yellowish cream pulp.
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
27
|
Liberal
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Round fruit with creamish pulp. Easy to cook. Bears off-season.
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Oval fruit with fairly rough, light green skin and pale cream pulp
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
28
|
Lulu
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Very large fruit, with rough skin. Easy to cook and roast.
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Large, oval with rough to spiny green skin and whit to cream pulp
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(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
29
|
Macca
|
Jamaica
|
Large fruits with smooth, soft textured, pale yellow-to-yellow pulp, very rough skin and easy to roast. Has good eating - quality.
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Fruits are medium to large, round or oval and skin has very pronounced raised polygons resulting in a rough surface. Pulp color if pale yellow to bright yellow with good eating - quality.
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(Webster 2006; Roberts-Nkrumah 1990; 2008)
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30
|
Man Bread
|
Jamaica
|
Large oval fruit with smooth to slightly rough skin, yellow to very yellow pulp and easy to cook.
|
ND
|
ND
|
31
|
Mary Grace*
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Round or oval fruit, with smooth skin, creamish pulp with firm texture and good for roasting
|
ND
|
ND
|
32
|
Massa
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Large, round, smooth skin and white pulp
|
Medium sized fruit white flesh; smooth to slightly rough.
|
(Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991; Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
33
|
Monkey Breadfruit*
|
Jamaica
|
Round, medium sized fruit with very rough skin and creamish to yellow pulp that is easy to cook
|
ND
|
ND
|
34
|
Old wind
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
ND
|
Medium sized round fruit with smooth, light yellow-green skin and yellowish cream pulp.
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
35
|
Ordinary
|
St. Lucia
|
ND
|
Medium sized fruit, yellow flesh
|
(Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
|
36
|
Pika
|
Grenada
|
ND
|
Medium sized, spiny fruit with yellow flesh. Wrinkled or puckered and drooping leaf
|
(Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991; Roberts-Nkrumah 2008)
|
37
|
Prickly Walled
|
Jamaica
|
ND
|
Fruit skin has elongated soft spines, and the cultivar is not very common.
|
(Weir, Tai, and Weir 1983)
|
38
|
Ready Roast
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Medium to large fruit with thick yellow pulp and very easy to cook
|
Oval fruit with fairly smooth yellow-green skin
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
39
|
Red Bread*
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Large, oblong fruit with slightly rough skin and thick very yellow pulp
|
ND
|
ND
|
40
|
Sally Young
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Very large, round fruit with smooth to rough skin and creamish pulp. Easy to cook.
|
Fruit are oval with slightly rough, light green skin and pale color pulp
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
41
|
Soursop
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Medium sized fruit with very rough skin. White pulp and difficult to cook. Leaves are narrow and dull
|
Fruits are oval, with slightly rough, light green skin and pale cream pulp
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997)
|
42
|
Smooth Skin*
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Medium to large fruit with thick yellow pulp and very easy to cook
|
ND
|
ND
|
43
|
St. Kitts
|
Jamaica
|
Round, small to medium fruit with light yellow to yellow pulp, easy to cook. Leaves range from having one
|
Fruits are oval or round and small to medium with pale yellow pulp. Leaves are entire with dentate margin
|
(Weir, Tai, and Weir 1983; Webster 2006)
|
44
|
Timor
|
Jamaica
|
Round, small to medium fruit with light yellow to yellow pulp, easy to cook. Leaves range from having one or two short lobes on the upper one-third to having no lobes.
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Fruits are oval or round and small to medium with pale yellow pulp. Leaves are entire with dentate margin.
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 2001)
|
|
|
|
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Fruits are small and very inferior. Leaves have very deep sinuses almost reaching the midrib.
|
(Hooker 1828; Leakey 1977)
|
45
|
White
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and St. Lucia
|
Large, round, smooth skin, and white pulp
|
Medium sized fruit white flesh; smooth to slightly rough.
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 1997; Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
|
46
|
White Heart
|
Jamaica
|
Large, round, smooth skin, and white pulp
|
Small to very large fruit with white pulp, difficult to cook and poor flavor
|
(Weir, Tai, and Weir 1983; Webster 2006)
|
47
|
Yam Paine Blanc
|
Dominica
|
ND
|
Light green skin and cream flesh
|
(Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
|
48
|
Yam Paine Common
|
Dominica
|
ND
|
Medium sized fruit, yellow flesh
|
(Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
|
49
|
Yam Paine Juane
|
Dominica
|
ND
|
Medium sized fruit, yellow flesh
|
(Andrews and Mason Jr. 1991)
|
50
|
Yellow
|
Trinidad and Tobago and St. Kitts and Nevis
|
Medium to large fruit, round or oblong fruit with pale to bright yellow pulp. Easy to roast and have good eating - quality
|
Medium to large fruit, round or oblong fruit with pale to bright yellow pulp. Easy to roast and have good eating - quality.
|
(Roberts-Nkrumah 2001)
|
51
|
Yellow Heart
|
Jamaica
|
Medium to large fruit, round or oblong fruit with pale to bright yellow pulp. Easy to roast and have good eating - quality
|
Medium to large fruit, round or oblong fruit with pale to bright yellow pulp. Easy to roast and have good eating - quality.
|
(Weir, Tai, and Weir 1983; Webster 2006)
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