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Breadfruit

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Breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis, is a flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family Moraceae, originally from the Pacific islands of Polynesia and believed to have been selectively bred from the breadnut native to New Guinea, the Maluku Islands and the Philippines. The tree can reach about 26 meters in height, with large, thickly lobed leaves, and every part of it yields a latex once used for caulking boats. It is one of the highest-yielding food plants, with a single tree producing up to 200 or more grapefruit-sized fruits in a season; the name comes from the texture of the moderately ripe fruit once cooked, said to resemble freshly baked bread with a potato-like flavor. Breadfruit is now grown widely through the tropics of South and Southeast Asia, the Pacific and Caribbean islands, Central America, northern South America and Africa. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Scientific Name

Artocarpus altilis 5

Conservation Status

Data Deficient 1

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

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Source Wikidata: Breadfruit

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Central African Republic

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Dominican Republic

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Sources

1. Breadfruit (Wikipedia)

lead sentence (diet), EntityId 362619
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family Moraceae.
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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Artocarpus altilis

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profile

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"habitat": "terrestrial"

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3. Plants For A Future: Artocarpus altilis

Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses

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Breadfruit has a very wide range of applications in traditional medicine with all parts of the plant being utilised in the treatment of a range of conditions.

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Rosales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12440

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"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Rosales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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5. Wikipedia: Breadfruit

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Moraceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12479

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"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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Wikidata: Breadfruit

Child Taxon Of: Moraceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

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