Common name
English: Jackfruit
German: Jackfrucht
Mandarin: 波罗蜜 (bo luo mi)
Portuguese: Jaca
English: Jackfruit
German: Jackfrucht
Mandarin: 波罗蜜 (bo luo mi)
Portuguese: Jaca
Kingdom: Plantae (2603)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2500)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2115)
Order: Rosales (119)
Family: Moraceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Artocarpus (4)
Epithet: heterophyllus Lam. (1)
Synonyms: Artocarpus brasiliensis Gomez, Artocarpus integra
brasiliensis => of Brazilian origin
heterophyllus => bearing leaves of more than one kind
integra => entire, whole
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: green
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