Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Jack Tree is a tropical evergreen tree native to South and Southeast Asia. It easily reaches up to height of 21 m. The leaves alternate, spirally arranged, divided into petiole and leaf blade; oblong to ovate in shape. The inflorescences are formed on the trunk, branches or twigs, pedunculated, cylindrical to ellipsoidal or pear-shaped, Jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, mature jackfruit tree produces some 200 fruits per year. It’s a multiple fruit, ellipsoidal to roundish, formed from the fusion of the ovaries of multiple flowers. Fruit consists of whitish core, rachis, 100–500 seeds per fruit.
- Jackfruit edible and nutritious, have various culinary uses, timber used for building furniture, house construction and production of musical instruments.
Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Jack Tree is a tropical evergreen tree native to South and Southeast Asia. It easily reaches up to height of 21 m. The leaves alternate, spirally arranged, divided into petiole and leaf blade; oblong to ovate in shape. The inflorescences are formed on the trunk, branches or twigs, pedunculated, cylindrical to ellipsoidal or pear-shaped, Jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, mature jackfruit tree produces some 200 fruits per year. It’s a multiple fruit, ellipsoidal to roundish, formed from the fusion of the ovaries of multiple flowers. Fruit consists of whitish core, rachis, 100–500 seeds per fruit.
- Jackfruit edible and nutritious, have various culinary uses, timber used for building furniture, house construction and production of musical instruments.