Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. (Syn: Artocarpus integrifolius auct. non Linn. f.)
Vernacular Name: Panasa (O); Kathal (Beng.,H); Jack Tree (E).
Large, evergreen tree with dense crown. Leaves elliptic, obovate or obovate- oblong, obtuse, dark green above; stipules spathaceous. Receptacles lateral on the trunks and branches. Inflorescence at first enclosed in 2 large leathery yellowish bract like stipules of the leaf on special branchlets. Fruit a very large fleshy syncarp, oblong or cylindric, tubercled.
Commonly cultivated in gardens, road sides, grooves close to villages; also self-sown.
Flowering : December - February
Fruiting : June - July
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