Breadfruit
ದಿವಿಹಲಸುरोटीफलகறிபலா
Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 14 m
- wide
- —
Moraceae
Also called Breadnut, Breadfruit Tree, Dugdug
Formerly Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus incisus, Artocarpus laevis, Artocarpus rima, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- As a cultigen from NW. PacificKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Oregon State University Landscape Plants, one source
- Height
- 12 m to 15 mRead from Oregon State University Landscape Plants, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Oregon State University Landscape Plants, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from Oregon State University Landscape Plants, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 4.4 °C (USDA zone 11a)Read from Oregon State University Landscape Plants, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Malay
- sukun
- Hawaiian
- ʻulu, 'ulu
- Tahitian
- ʻuru
- German
- Brotfruchtbaum
- Catalan
- Arbre del pa
- Czech
- chlebovník obecný
- Esperanto
- Panarbo
- Spanish
- árbol del pan, fruta de pan
- Finnish
- Leipäpuu
- French
- arbre à pain, Arbre à pain
- Hebrew
- עץ הלחם
- Japanese
- パンノキ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Oregon State University Landscape Plants, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Artocarpus altilis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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