Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Artocarpus hirsutus

Syn. Artocarpus pubescens

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • Wild Jackfruit (English)
  • Hebbalasu (Kannada)
  • Aiyinipila (Tamil)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Moraceae
40m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Artocarpus hirsutus bark

Bark

10–15 mm thick, dull grey-brown, smooth and warty, with thin exfoliations exposing red, fibrous surfaces; milky-white sticky exudate.

Artocarpus hirsutus leaves

Leaves

Simple, alternate, broadly ovate to elliptic, 13–25 cm long, leathery, with wavy margins, densely hairy undersides and 6–12 pairs of prominent veins.

Artocarpus hirsutus flower

Flower

Minute, unisexual, yellowish-green; male flowers in drooping, axillary cylindrical spikes up to 15 cm long, with two united tepals and one protruding stamen.

Artocarpus hirsutus fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Fruits fleshy, mulberry-like, round to oval, 6–7.5 cm wide, yellow when ripe, with bristly spines; seeds ovoid, white, 16–18 mm long.

Artocarpus hirsutus

Did you know?

Chundan Vallam (snake boats) of Kerala are traditionally crafted using timber from this plant.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

South West India, West Sri Lanka