Fruit · Medicinal
Bread fruit
Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg
New Guinea and the Pacific
Fun factBreadfruit was the cargo at the centre of the mutiny on the Bounty: in 1787–89 Captain Bligh collected over 1,000 seedlings in Tahiti to feed Caribbean plantations.
A large, handsome tree with big glossy, deeply lobed leaves and a milky latex. It carries separate male and female flower spikes on the same tree, and the female spikes develop into large round green fruits with a starchy pale pulp that is cooked like a vegetable. Most cultivated varieties are seedless, so the tree is grown from root cuttings or suckers.
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1on the estate
1carrying a tag
1sponsored
FamilyMoraceae
Spanish nameFruta de pan
Also known asBreadfruit, 'Ulu (Hawaiian), Sukun (Malay), Fruta de pan
Native toA cultigen originating in the New Guinea–Moluccas region and carried by people across the Pacific; Kew records its native range as the Caroline and Mariana Islands. Now grown throughout the tropics
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Main Orchard | B | 1 June 2015 | Healthy | Julie J., USA |
0 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.