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Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A.Zorn) Fosberg

Synonym                    : Artocarpus communis J.R. & G. Forst.

Family                        : Moraceae

Local Names              : Kadachakka, Kadapilavu, Seemaplavu, Bread fruit 

Flowering and fruiting period: January - June

Distribution: Native of Pacific Islands

Habitat: Cultivated

IUCN status: Data Deficient

Endemic: No

Uses: Fruits edible, timber yielding, anti – cancerous

Key Characters: Evergreen trees, to 10 m high. Leaves simple, alternate; lamina broadly ovate. Flowers unisexual; spikes on the main branches; male catkin: pendent, oblong-cylindric; flower: perianth glabrous, bilobed; stamen 1; anthers oblong; female spike: perianth 2 mm; ovary superior, obovoid; stigma simple. Fruit a sorosis, oblong or round, set with conical process; seeds, oblong-cylindric (seed formation is very rare).