Artocarpus hirsutus

Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.

Ordre	Rosales
Famille	Moraceae
Genre	Artocarpus

2n =

Origine : Inde

sauvage et cultivé

Français	jaquier sauvage
Anglais	wild jack

Résumé des usages

• bois d'œuvre
• graines comestibles
• médicinal : graines, feuilles
• arbre d'ombrage pour le caféier

Description

• 
  tronc
• 
  feuille
• 
  feuille juvénile
• 
  fruit immature
• 
  fruit ouvert
• 
  fruit ouvert

Noms populaires

français	jaquier sauvage
anglais	wild jack
Inde	aini, hebhalasu, pat-phunas, rejata (Mansfeld))
Kerala	anjili

Classification

Artocarpus hirsutus Lam. (1789).

Usages

Artocarpus hirsuta Lam. East Indies. The fruit is the size of a large orange. The pulpy substance is much relished by the natives, being almost as good as the fruit of the jack .

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

SW India: North Kanara to Malabar, Travancore, Nilgiris. Cultivated as shade tree in coffee plantations of India, also as undergrowth in teak plantations. The seeds (with 17% oil) are eaten or used medicinally. Wild distribution: SW India: North Kanara to Malabar, Travancore, Nilgiris.

Mansfeld.

Références

• Wealth of India (The), 1985. A dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Vol. 1 : A. LX-514 + 54 p. Revised edition. New-Delhi, Council of scientific and industrial research.

Liens

• BHL
• GRIN
• IPNI
• Mansfeld
• Multilingual Plant Name Database
• Plants of the World Online
• Useful Tropical Plants Database
• Wikipédia
• World Flora Online