Category:Breadfruit

Artocarpus Family: Moraceae Maintained in field plantings, tissue culture protocol progressing.

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg, known as breadfruit

Artocarpus camansi Blanco, known as breadnut Artocarpus elasticus Reinw. ex Blume Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam., known as jack fruit Artocarpus odoratissimus Blanco, known as marang Artocarpus rigidus Blume, known as monkey-jack

Breadfruit trees are in the mulberry family, Moraceae. It is sweet when ripe and eaten as a fruit. If it is picked before it ripens, it is used a a vegetable and has the consistency of mashed potatoes or bread, with more of a vegetable taste.

Bread"fruit`, n. (Bot.)

1. The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree.