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Wild Jack,Jungle Jack

Artocarpus hirsutus - Wild Jack, Jungle Jack - a tree seen in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests in India. Uses include Pimples, Cracks in Skin, Sores, Diarrhoea, Skin diseases, Intrinsic haemorrhage, Poisons. Leaves:

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	lanceolate	alternate, spiral, clustered at twigs end, tawny hirsute, caducous, leaving annular scar

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Flowers:

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	14cm long	Pendulous, Ovoid		male flowers in axillary spikes, pendulous; female flowers in axillary spikes, ovoid

Fruits:

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
		Syncarp (sorosis), subglobose or ellipsoid with long echinate processes, orange when ripe	seeds many, ovoid.		{{{6}}}

Propagation: Seeds, Cuttings, Airlayers.

Language	Common name
Kannada	Hebbalasu, Kadu halasu
Hindi	Kathal
Malayalam	Ayani, Anjili, Ayini plavu
Tamil	Kattuppala, Aiyini pala, Kurangu pala, Pei pala
Telugu	Adavi panasa
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Lakucha, Lakucah, Panasah
English	Wild Jack