The jackfruit has played a significant role in Indian agriculture for centuries.
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The flesh of the jackfruit is starchy, fibrous and is a source of dietary fiber.
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Breadfruit and jackfruit are cultivated widely in the tropical Southeast Asia.
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Featured are empanada, chicken enchilada and fried plantain with jackfruit.
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The thavil consists of a cylindrical shell hollowed out of a solid block of jackfruit wood.
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In Indonesia, young jackfruit is cooked with coconut milk as gudeg.
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Ripe jackfruit arils are sometimes seeded, fried or freeze-dried and sold as jackfruit chips.
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Coconuts, abaca, banana, coffee and jackfruit are the top five permanent crops in the region.
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There's abundant local fruit, including pineapples, jackfruit, coconuts, melons and green mangoes.
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East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus or A. heterophylla) is a species of tree in the mulberry family (Moraceae), which is native to parts of Southern and Southeast Asia. It is the national fruit of Bangladesh.
A large fruit related to the fig and the breadfruit. This fruit, indigenous to Africa, Brazil, and Southeast Asia, which weighs up to 100 pounds, is used in desserts.
Is believed to be indigenous to the rain forests of the Western Ghats of India, which later spread to other parts of India, southeast Asia, the East Indies and to the Philippines.