Accession Data:
Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
- Common Name: Jackfruit
- Family: Moraceae Link
- Synonym(s): Artocarpus integer (Thunb.) Merrill; Artocarpus integrifolius
- Country of Origin: India - Ghats Forests
- Habitat: rainforest
- Description: Tree, to 50 feet or more, trunk straight; leaves elliptic to ovate), and broadly tapering to each end; wider than oblanceolate.">obovate, to 8 inches long, stiff and glossy, entire; flowers borne on trunk and thick branches aka cauliflory, male spikes cylindrical or club-shaped, to 4 inches long; fruit oblong, to 2 feet long, greenish-yellow, turning brownish, covered with hard points.
- Uses: Useful part: Root, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Wood, Latex
Properties of the Jack Fruit aid the immune system's cell growth and development.
Different parts of the fruit are used for varying affects. The leaves are useful in fever, boils, wounds and skin diseases.
The young fruits are acrid, astringent, and carminative. The ripe fruits are sweet, cooling, laxative, aphrodisiac and also used as a brain tonic. The seeds are, diuretic, and constipating.
The wood is nervine, anti-diabetic, sedative and is useful in convulsions 3. The ash of Jackfruit leaves is used in case of ulcers. Mixed with vinegar, the latex promotes healing of abscesses, snakebite and glandular swellings.
The root is a remedy for skin diseases and asthma. An extract of the root is taken in cases of fever and diarrhea. The bark is made into poultices. Heated leaves are placed on wounds. The wood has a sedative property and its pith is said to be abortifacient.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. EEB Greenhouses assume no responsibility for adverse effects from the use of any plants referred to on this site. Always seek advice from a professional before using any plant medicinally.
- USDA Zone: 9b-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 199700030
- Source: Silander
- Accession Date: 04-28-1997
- Bench: 1212 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 NW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-04-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Rosales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Moraceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe: Artocarpeae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- Medicinal Plants - Ayurveda Medicine
- Edible Plants
- Plants with Edible Fruits
- EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
- Medicinal Plants - Integumentary System
- Medicinal Plants - Reproductive System
- Medicinal Plants - Urinary System
- Medicinal Plants - Circulatory System
- Medicinal Plants - Nervous System
- Medicinal Plants - Respiratory System
- Medicinal Plants - Immune System
- Medicinal Plants - Digestive System
- Medicinal Plants - Musculoskeletal System
- Medicinal Plants
- Domesticated Plants of Austronesia
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: India
References (external):
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
- Om Prakash, Rajesh Kumar, Anurag Mishra, Rajiv Gupta Artocarpus Heterophyllus (Jackfruit): An Overview. Pharmacognosy Review, 2010, February 24. Last accessed on Friday, March 09, 2018.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, March 09, 2018.
- Artocarpus heterophyllus at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, March 09, 2018.
- Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Shahnoor Habib Munmun [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed Wednesday, 14 November, 2018.
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W/C = Wild Collected
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