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Breadfruit

Artocarpus

Also called Bread fruit

Breadfruit
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0

Artocarpus is a genus of about 60 tropical trees and shrubs from Southeast Asia and the Pacific, belonging to the mulberry family. Best known members are breadfruit (A. altilis) and jackfruit (A. heterophyllus), which are widely grown for their large edible fruit.

Family
Moraceae (Fig & mulberry family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist while young; established trees tolerate short dry spells.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or sandy loam.
Temperature
22–34 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Artocarpus is a genus of approximately 60 trees and shrubs of Southeast Asian and Pacific origin, belonging to the mulberry family, Moraceae. Most species of Artocarpus are restricted to Southeast Asia; a few cultivated species are more widely distributed, especially A. altilis (breadfruit) and A. heterophyllus (jackfruit), which are cultivated throughout the tropics.

Uses

Several species in the genus bear edible fruit and are commonly cultivated: Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), Cempedak (Artocarpus integer), Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), Kwai Muk (Artocarpus parvus), Lakoocha (Artocarpus lakoocha), Pudau (Artocarpus kemando), Anjily (a.k.a. Jungle Jack) (Artocarpus hirsutus), Chaplaish (Artocarpus chama), and Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus).

Other Artocarpus plants

Breadfruit · Antipolo · Artocarpus · Jackfruit · Chempedak · Marang

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Artocarpus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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