Description
Artocarpus incisa(Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A.Zorn) Fosberg) is an evergreen tree of Moraceae, 10-15 meters high; the bark is gray-brown and thick. The leaves are large, alternate, thick leathery, ovate to ovate-elliptic, hairless on both sides, dark green on the surface, shiny, light green on the underside, entire; petioles are 8-12 cm long; stipules are large, lanceolate or Broad lanceolate, yellow-green, flat pilose by gray or brown. Inflorescence solitary leaf axils, male inflorescences are long cylindrical to oblong or rod-shaped, yellow; male flower tepals are tubular, hairy, upper part 2-lobed, lobes lanceolate, anthers elliptic, style long, polyfloral fruit obovate Or nearly spherical, green to yellow, with round tumor-like bulges on the surface, mature brown to black, soft, the inner surface is composed of milky white fleshy perianth; the drupe is oval to conical. There are few stone fruits or seedless fruits cultivated.
It is native to the Pacific Islands, India and the Philippines. It is one of the most famous tropical forests in the Malay Islands. It is also cultivated in Taiwan and Hainan of China. The wood is light, soft and thick, and can be used as construction material. The fruit is one of the main foods in the tropics. The fruit flavor is similar to bread, hence the name.
