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Featured page: Artocarpus hirsutus

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.

Propagation: Seeds, Cuttings, Airlayers.

Chemical Composition: The Artocarpus species are rich in phenolic compounds including flavonoids, stilbenoids, arylbenzofurons and Jacalin, a lectin.

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