INVISV on Nostr: For today's #FruitFriday let's talk about Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus). ...

For today's #FruitFriday let's talk about Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus). Jackfruit is the largest fruit in the world, some weighing as much as an fully grown adult person, and it can be tasty and nutritious, with sweet pulp/flesh (or savory when underripe) and seeds that can be eaten when cooked.

Jackfruit is native to Southern India and now is grown across the tropics globally and increasingly can be grown in subtropical regions. It is one of the most productive trees by yield. Like Jaboticaba, which we talked about a few weeks back, Jackfruit is typically cauliflorous, with the giant fruits growing straight from the trunk. (This probably helps the tree support the massive fruits.)

Jackfruit is a close relative of Breadfruit and Breadnut, which are both productive and nutritious tropical fruit trees, and a distant relative of Fig and Mulberry.