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'''Panasa''' is a very important multipurpose tree. It is particularly valued for its fruit. The tree is widely cultivated in tropical regions, especially southeast Asia and Brazil.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Bleeding}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|LeavesLeaf}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Stem}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
Artocarpus heterophyllus contains the present review reveals that Artocarpus heterophyllus is a Chemically and Pharmacologically studied tree having diverse secondary metabolites present in its fruits and seeds such as Phenolics, Flavonoids, Terpenoids, Steroids, Glycosides, Saponins, Alkaloids and Tannins. Thus Jackfruit is considered to be a functionally, Nutritionally and Medicinally important fruit in all respects<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
==Common names==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|8-23 x 3-13 cm, obovate, obovate-oblong, or elliptic-ovate, apex acute or obtuse, base acute, round or cuneate, margin entire, glabrous and shining above and scabrous beneath; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent, arched, intercostae scalariform, prominent; stipules 3-5 cm long, lateral, ovate-lanceolate, sheathing, glabrous, cauducous; petiole 20-40 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Spikes|Greenish yellow|1|Male from young branches, catkin narrow-cylindric; perianth 2-lobed, puberulous; stamen 1; filament somewhat flattened, stout; anthers ovate-oblong; female catkins . Flowering from the trunk and mature branches, more massive, perianth with strongly projecting conical apex; ovary 0.3 mm, superior, globose-obovoid; style exserted; stigma spathulate. February to June}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Sorosis|30-45 x 20-25 cm||Oblong, tuberculate, tubercles conical yellowish-green, fruiting perianth yellow to light orange, fleshy|Seeds 10-12 x 8-10 mm, elliptic-oblong, smooth, glossy.|Fruiting from February to June}}
===Other features===
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/05/24/jackfruit-uses/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Artocarpus+heterophyllus Cultivation details]</ref>
<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.1253, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
<ref name="Chemical Composition">Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Phytochemical profiling and antioxidant activities of different parts of Artocarpus heterophyllus - A review on current status of knowledge</ref>
</references>
