Breadfruit

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family (Moraceae) believed to be a domesticated descendant of Artocarpus camansi originating in New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, and the Philippines. Through the Austronesian expansion, it first reached Oceania. During the Colonial Era, it was subsequently spread to additional tropical regions of the world. In the late 18th century, British and French explorers brought a few Polynesian seedless species to the Caribbean islands. The Pacific, Caribbean, Central America, South, and Southeast Asia, Africa, and about 90 more countries now grow it. Its name is derived from the cooked, potato-like flavor and texture of the fairly mature fruit, which is comparable to freshly baked bread.

Each fruit is divided into several achenes, each of which is enclosed by a fleshy perianth and grows on a fleshy receptacle. The ovoid fruit has a rough surface. The majority of well-chosen cultivars produce fruit without seeds, whereas seeded kinds are produced primarily for their edible seeds. Usually, breadfruit is multiplied by taking root cuttings. Breadfruit is closely related to the breadnut. It is similar in appearance to its relative of the same genus, the jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus).