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Jackfruit
Artocarpus heterophyllus
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An evergreen tree in the mulberry family. Also called 'haramitsu' or jackfruit. Native to India and Bangladesh. The fruit reaches 30–50 cm in diameter — one of the largest tree-borne fruits in the world — with sweet, aromatic flesh. Widely cultivated in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, and Brazil.
Identification Points
- ✓Huge spiny-surfaced fruit, 30–50 cm and several to 30 kg
- ✓Elliptic, leathery, glossy leaves
- ✓Fruit borne directly on trunk and large branches (cauliflory)
Habitat
Cultivated (tropical)
Season
Year-round (tropical)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Evergreen
Habitat
Cultivated
Phylogenetic Positionクワ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosids > Rosales > Moraceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene (approx. 80–70 million years ago)
Sources & References
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