Consider the national and global incidence of ackee poisoning (blighia sapida intoxication). In March 2023 alone, there were five cases of the illness and one associated death in Jamaica.

The plants discussed in this review include Spondias mombin, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Elaeis guineensis, Irvingia gabonensis, Allium cepa, Blighia sapida, Dioscorea dumetorum, Psidium guajava ...