This huge relative of the breadfruit and fig can weigh up to 100 pounds. Spiny and oval or oblong-shaped, the tropical jackfruit grows in parts of Africa, Brazil and Southeast Asia. When green, both its flesh and edible seeds are included in curried dishes. Ripe jackfruit has a bland, sweet flavor and is generally used for desserts. In the United States, jackfruit is only available canned.
Artocarpus heterophylla Called Ketewel in Balinese and Nangka in Indonesian, jackfruit is a hard, strong, durable wood used for carving, musical instruments (drums, and metallophone stands) and carpentry. It's grain is deeply interlocked and resists cracking. Lemon yellow in color, it darkens to a light brown with age. It is grown as a shade tree and for its fruit, which is served both sweet and spicy.
East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of; its seeds are commonly roasted
A tropical Asian tree ( Artocarpus heterophyllus) having large edible fruits and fine-grained durable wood
large, heavy, intensely sweet tropical fruit
a fleshy yellowish fruit which grows inside the large pods extending from the trunk of the Jackfruit. The Jackfruit seed is eaten roasted or boiled.
A large fruit related to the fig and the breadfruit. This fruit, indigenous to Africa, Brazil, and Southeast Asia, which weighs up to 100 pounds, is used in desserts.
Artocarpur heterophyllus Katahal
The Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a species of tree of the mulberry family (Moraceae) and its fruit, native to southwestern India and Sri Lanka, and possibly also east to the Malay Peninsula, though more likely an early human introduction there.