Herbarium JCB

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

Family : MORACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Moraceae
Species : Artocarpus heterophyllus
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
Common name : Jack Fruit Tree
Vernacular name : Panasah (San.); Kathal (Hin.); Halasu, Halsande (Kan.)
Collection Nos : CJS 15762, CJS 16918
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha
Key identification features : A large evergreen tree with milky latex. Bark is smooth, dark, and exfoliating.The leaves are simple and bear two large stipules. Flowers are unisexual in separate inflorescences. The entire female inflorescence together with parts of individual flowers forms a large multiple fruit. Sepals and petals become fleshy and juicy to form the edible part of the fruit.
Habit : Tree
Native : Southern Tropical Asia
Comments : Often planted in gardens and near human habitations. Timber is much used for furniture and house-building purposes. An example of the largest edible fruit in the world. Seeds are roasted and eaten.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Yettinahalla, Shiradi Ghat (Hassan)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara