Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Wild jack is a tropical evergreen tree, native to India, primarily in Kerala, where it grows in moist, deciduous to partially evergreen woodlands. It can reach a height of up to 35 metres. The leaves are simple, alternate, elliptic or ovate with 10–25 cm size. Its flowers are unisexual, in axillary inflorescences and its fruits are syncarps and very sweet, changing to an orange hue when ripe
- The ripe fruits are eaten after removing the spiny outer skin.
- The fried seeds are also edible. Its durable timber is comparable in quality with teak.
- The timber was used extensively in the construction of ceilings, door frames and furniture.
Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Wild jack is a tropical evergreen tree, native to India, primarily in Kerala, where it grows in moist, deciduous to partially evergreen woodlands. It can reach a height of up to 35 metres. The leaves are simple, alternate, elliptic or ovate with 10–25 cm size. Its flowers are unisexual, in axillary inflorescences and its fruits are syncarps and very sweet, changing to an orange hue when ripe
- The ripe fruits are eaten after removing the spiny outer skin.
- The fried seeds are also edible. Its durable timber is comparable in quality with teak.
- The timber was used extensively in the construction of ceilings, door frames and furniture.