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Jackfruit

Artocarpus heterophyllus

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7 Comments

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

Nice spotting !! Welcome to 'Tamil Nadu Biodiversity' mission ... Wish you a Happy New Year :)

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Yum!

Kwestbeld
Kwestbeld 11 years ago

http://seabirdstruck.com/wp-content/uplo...

Not my pic but shows the huge size they can grow to. I learned something new as well. I didn't know they were the largest tree-fruit there is.

DaneCole
DaneCole 11 years ago

WHattt 80 pds!!! imagine harvesting a bunch of them, you'd need an elephant to carry them all !

Kwestbeld
Kwestbeld 11 years ago

Something else of note the individual fruit can weigh almost 80 pounds. The largest ones in the picture were probably a foot long.

Kwestbeld
Kwestbeld 11 years ago

Yes they're used in a number of wayes. I like the jackfruit chips which is the fruit when dried. Taste is hard to describe I'd say it tastes closest to bland apple when raw. Texture is almost like meat which is different.

DaneCole
DaneCole 11 years ago

very cool, are they edible?

Kwestbeld
Spotted by
Kwestbeld

Thanjavur (தஞ்சாவூர் ), Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Apr 23, 2007
Submitted on Dec 31, 2012

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