Jackfruit
Fast facts
- Genus
- Artocarpus
- Species
- A. heterophyllus
Scientific name
- Scientific name
- Artocarpus heterophyllus
How to say it in other languages
- Chinese
- 波羅蜜
- French
- Jacquier
- Japanese
- パラミツ
- Portuguese
- Jaca
Facts from Wikipedia’s “Jackfruit” page and Wikispecies (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Artocarpus heterophyllus is the scientific name for jackfruit, and is family of Moracea. Jackfruit (also called “Jakfruit”) is a type of fruit from India, Bangladesh (National fruit) and Sri Lanka. When a Jackfruit ripens, it changes from green to slightly yellow.
Parts of the Fruit
The seeds are cooked and taken food, the green like unready fruit is cooked as a plant used for food, and the brown made ready is taken food a little cold.
Jackfruit Tree
The jackfruit tree can be up to 15-20 meters, and its leaves are a stiff, glossy green color and measure up to about 15 to 20 centimeters long. This tree is considered the largest tree-borne fruit in the world weighing near 18 kilograms and reaching up to 60 cm long in length.
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