Two-coloured jackfruit
Artocarpus styracifolius

Family: Moraceae

What it is like

A large evergreen tree. It grows 20-25 m tall. The trunk can be 80 cm across. The bark is dark grey and coarse. The young branches are covered with dense white hairs. The leaf stalk is 0.8-1.4 mm long. The leaf blade is oblong and 4-8 cm long by 2.5-3 cm wide. They have lobes. The leaves are papery to leathery. Flowers are of separate sexes on the one tree. They occur singly in the axils of leaves. The male flowering stalk is oblong and 6-12 mm long by 4-7 mm wide. It is densely covered with greyish white hairs. The fruit is yellow and reddish brown when dry. It is round and about 4 cm across. The fruit contains many small seeds.

There are about 50 Artocarpus species. They are in the tropics and subtropics of Asia and the Pacific.

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest and tropical monsoon forest. It is usually below 1,000 m altitude. In China it grows in forests between 200-1500 m altitude.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Indochina, Laos, SE Asia, Vietnam

How it is used for food

The fruit is used for jam.

Edible parts

Fruit, root bark

How it is grown

It grows easily from seeds.

Its other names

Local names

Chay, Chay la bo de, Er se bo luo mi, Vo khoai

Synonyms

Artocarpus bicolor Merrill & Chun.;