Artocarpus

Artocarpus
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Artocarpeae
Genus: Artocarpus
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)
Species

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Synonyms
  • Gigotorcya Buc'hoz (1783)
  • Polyphema Lour. (1790)
  • Radermachia Thunb. (1776)
  • Rima Sonn. (1776)
  • Saccus Rumph. ex Kuntze (1891), nom. superfl.
  • Sitodium Parkinson (1773)

Artocarpus is a genus of approximately 60 trees and shrubs of Southeast Asian and Pacific origin, belonging to the mulberry family, Moraceae. Most species of Artocarpus are restricted to Southeast Asia; a few cultivated species are more widely distributed, especially A. altilis (breadfruit) and A. heterophyllus (jackfruit), which are cultivated throughout the tropics.