Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
| Synonym : | Artocarpus brasiliensis Ortega Artocarpus maximus Blanco Artocarpus philippensis Lam. |
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| Bangla Name : | : Kanthal, Ludoo(Bawm),Hattol(Chakma),Panaingci(Chak),Teprong(Garo), Thibrong(Garo),Latmoui(Murong), |
| English Name : | Jaca tree,Jack-Fruit,Jack wood. |
| Family : | Moraceae |
| Disease : | Skin diseases, diarrhoea, lactopenia, polymenorrhoea, rash, stomachache, toothache. |
| Description : | Evergreen trees , bark thick, blackish-grey, mottled with green and black; exudation milky white latex; trunk with warty tubercles; leaves simple, alternate; stipules long, lateral, ovate-lanceolate, sheathing, glabrous, cauducous; petiole stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina obovate, obovate-oblong, or elliptic-ovate, base acute, round or cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire; flowers unisexual, minute, yellowish-green, in spikes enclosed by spathe-like bracts, male from young branches, catkin narrow-cylindric; perianth 2-lobed, puberulous; stamen 1; filament somewhat flattened, stout; anthers ovate-oblong; female catkins from the trunk and mature branches; ovary, superior, globose-obovoid; style exserted; stigma spathulate. fruit a sorosis oblong, tuberculate, tubercles conical yellowish-green, fruiting perianth yellow to light orange, fleshy; seeds elliptic-oblong, smooth, glossy. |
| Distribution : | This species found throughout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit is a rich source of carbohydrates and essential amino acids. Latex from fruits contains cycloartenone, cycloartenol, ?-sitosterol, tyrosine, valine. Cycloarteny acetate, cycloartenol and cycloartenone from bark. ?-sitosterol, betuhnic and ursolic ac |
| Uses : | The plant is used in Skin diseases, diarrhoea, lactopenia, polymenorrhoea, rash, stomachache, toothache. |
| Habit : | Tree |