Jackfruit
The jackfruit (alternately jack tree, jakfruit, or sometimes simply jack or jak; Artocarpus heterophyllus), is a species o tree in the Artocarpus genus o the mulberry family (Moraceae).
| Jackfruit | |
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| Jackfruit tree wi fruit | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Faimily: | Moraceae |
| Tribe: | Artocarpeae |
| Genus: | Artocarpus |
| Species: | A. heterophyllus |
| Binomial name | |
| Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. | |
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It is native tae pairts o Smooth an Sootheast Asie, an is believed tae hae oreeginatit in the soothwastren rain forests o Indie, in present-day Kerala, coastal Karnataka an Maharashtra. The jackfruit tree is well suitit tae tropical lawlands, an its fruit is the lairgest tree-borne fruit, reachin as much as 80 pound (36 kg) in wicht, 36 inches (90 cm) in length, an 20 inches (50 cm) in diameter.
The jackfruit tree is widely cultivatit an popular fuid item in tropical regions o India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, an the Philippines. Jackfruit is an aa foond athort Africae (e.g., in Cameroon, Uganda, Tanzanie, an Mauritius), as well as throughoot Brazil an in Caribbean naitions such as Jamaica.From Samsur Uddin Cachet Assam
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