Artocarpus incisa

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Read about Artocarpus incisa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Artocarpus incisa, Linn. f. (A. communis, Forst.?). Bread-fruit. Fig. 392. Tree, 30-40 ft., with a viscid, milky juice: branches fragile: lvs. 1-3 ft. long, leathery, ovate, cuneate and entire at base, upper part 3-9-lobed: male fls. in a dense club-shaped yellow catkin, 10-16 in. long; female fls. in a subglobular echinate head, having a spongy receptacle: fr. 4-6 in. diam., typically muricated, but in the best cult, varieties reticulated only, and often seedless. Gt. 39, p. 273. Gng. 5:233, and B.M. 2869-2871, where the romantic story of its transfer to the W. Indies is told.—Sparingly cult. in S. Fla. and in warmhouses of botanic gardens. Eaten cooked, as a vegetable rather than as a fruit; widely used in tropics. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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