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Artocarpus hirsutus - Wild Jack, Jungle Jack

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Wild Jack,Jungle Jack

Artocarpus hirsutus is a tree seen in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests from south Maharashtra to Kanyakumari.

Uses

Helpful in treating Pimples, Cracks in Skin, Sores, Diarrhoea, Skin diseases, Intrinsic haemorrhage, Poisons.

Parts Used

Bark, Dried Leaves, Leaves, Fruits.

Chemical Composition

The Artocarpus species are rich in phenolic compounds including flavonoids, stilbenoids, arylbenzofurons and Jacalin, a lectin.[1]

Common names

  • Kannada - Hebbalasu, Kadu halasu
  • Malayalam - Ayani, Anjili, Ayini plavu
  • Sanskrit - Lakucha, Lakucah, Panasah
  • Tamil - Kattuppala, Aiyini pala, Kurangu pala, Pei pala
  • Telugu - Adavi panasa
  • Hindi - Kathal

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twigs end; stipules to 2.5 cm long, lanceolate, tawny hirsute, caducous, leaving annular scar; petiole 1.3-3 cm long, stout, subterete or planoconvex, hirsute; lamina 10-30.5 x 5-14 cm, usually ovate to broadly elliptic, apex subacute or shortly acuminate, base rounded or subacute, margin entire or undulate (lobed when young), coriaceous, drying brown, densely hirsute beneath when young, later become glabrous except on midrib and nerves; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 10-12 pairs, ascending; tertiary nerves broadly reticulo-percurrent.[2]

Flower

Flowers unisexual; male flowers in axillary spikes, pendulous, 14 cm long; female flowers in axillary spikes, ovoid

Fruit

Syncarp (sorosis), subglobose or ellipsoid with long echinate processes, orange when ripe; seeds many, ovoid.

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings, Airlayers.

How to plant/cultivate

In terms of taking care of the plant, minimal pruning is required Cutting off dead branches from the interior of the tree is only sometimes needed. In addition, twigs bearing fruit must be twisted or cut down to the trunk to induce growth for the next season. Branches should be pruned every three to four years to maintain its productivity. Stingless bees such as Tetragonula iridipennis are jackfruit pollinators, and as such, play an important role in jackfruit cultivation.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Western Ghats, Malabar Coast.

Photo Gallery

  • Artocarpus hirsutus unripe fruit

  • The ripe fruit of Jungle Jack

  • unripe fruits in a tree

  • The ripe fruit of Anhili with the outer skin removed.

  • ripe fruits

  • a ripe fruit

  • semi-ripe Anhili fruit.

  • Artocarpus hirsutus fungal infection

  • Artocarpus hirsutus fungal infection close-up

References

  1. ↑ "ethnopharmacology"
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Leaf

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