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[[File:Artocarpus hirsutus fruit.jpg|thumb|right|''Wild Jack'',''Jungle Jack'']]'''Artocarpus hirsutus''' is a tree seen in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests from south Maharashtra to Kanyakumari. ==Uses=={{stubUses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Cracks in Skin}}, {{Uses|Sores}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Intrinsic haemorrhage}}, {{Uses|Poisons}}. ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Dried Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}. ==Chemical Composition==The Artocarpus species are rich in phenolic compounds including flavonoids, stilbenoids, arylbenzofurons and Jacalin, a lectin.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Hebbalasu, Kadu halasu|ml=Ayani, Anjili, Ayini plavu|sa=Lakucha, Lakucah, Panasah|ta=Kattuppala, Aiyini pala, Kurangu pala, Pei pala|te=Adavi panasa|hi=Kathal|en=Wild Jack}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Tree}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Lanceolate|Alternate, spiral, clustered at twigs end, tawny hirsute, caducous, leaving annular scar}}.<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|14cm long|Pendulous, Ovoid||Male flowers in axillary spikes, pendulous and Female flowers in axillary spikes, ovoid}}
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874110002060 Ethnopharmacology]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/8066 Morphology]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://frlhtenvis.nic.in/KidsCentre/Artocarpus_hirsutus_1636.aspx Artocarpus hirsutus on ENVIS Centre on Conservation of Medicinal Plants]
* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/8066 Artocarpus hirsutus on India Biodiversity Portal]
* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874110002060 Artocarpus: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology]
* [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d5c0/67efca6a605cfebce2ad4b6a8a702887ccca.pdf Artocarpus: A review of its phytochemistry and pharmacology]
* [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.381.143&rep=rep1&type=pdf Pharmacognostical studies on the bark of Artocarpus hirsutus Lam]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Moraceae]]