Jackfruit

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Jackfruit

The jackfruit (alternately jack tree, jakfruit, or sometimes simply jack or jak; Artocarpus heterophyllus),[6] is a species o tree in the Artocarpus genus o the mulberry family (Moraceae). It is native tae pairts o Smooth an Sootheast Asie, an is believed tae hae oreeginatit in the soothwastren rain forests o Indie, in present-day Kerala, coastal Karnataka an Maharashtra.[7] The jackfruit tree is well suitit tae tropical lawlands, an its fruit is the lairgest tree-borne fruit,[8] reachin as much as 80 pound (36 kg) in wicht, 36 inches (90 cm) in length, an 20 inches (50 cm) in diameter.[9]

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Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Faimily: Moraceae
Tribe: Artocarpeae
Genus: Artocarpus
Species: A. heterophyllus
Binomial name
Artocarpus heterophyllus
Lam.[1][2]
Synonyms[3][4][5]
  • Artocarpus brasiliensis Ortega
  • A. integer auct.  (not to be confused with A. integer Spreng.)
  • A. integrifolius auct.
  • A. integrifolius L.f.
  • A. maximus Blanco
  • A. nanca Noronha (nom inval.)
  • A. philippensis Lam.
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The jackfruit tree is widely cultivatit an popular fuid item in tropical regions o India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, an the Philippines. Jackfruit is an aa foond athort Africae (e.g., in Cameroon, Uganda, Tanzanie, an Mauritius), as well as throughoot Brazil an in Caribbean naitions such as Jamaica.From Samsur Uddin Cachet Assam

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