MoraceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
- Common Name: Jackfruit
- Family: Moraceae Link
- Country of Origin: India - Ghats Forests
- Habitat: rainforest
- Description: [syn. A. integer (Thunb.) Merrill; A. integrifolius of auth., not L.f.]
Tree, to 50 feet or more, trunk straight; leaves elliptic to obovate, to 8 inches long, stiff and glossy, entire; flowers borne on trunk and thick branches, 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: Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, diarrhea, fever, wound, skin diseases, urinary retention and general weakness.3
Useful part: Root, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Wood, Latex
Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}
Click on thumbnails to enlarge
Accession Data:- Accession # 199700030
- Source: Silander
- Accession Date: 04-28-1997
- Bench: 1203 - AUS:India C
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-01-2012
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Rosales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Moraceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
References:
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
page generated on Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:16:22 -0500
|
