Description
Jackfruit is a kind of tree, as well as fruit, jackfruit tree belongs to the tribe Moreceae, scientific name is Artocarpusheterophyllus. In English jackfruit is known as jackfruit.Nangka grows well in tropical climates up to latitude 25 degrees Celsius north and south. This plant likes areas with rainfall more than 1500 mm per year where the dry season is not too hard. Jackfruit is less tolerant of cold air, drought and flooding.
Jacket is generally medium-sized, up to about 20 metertingginya. Even though there is a 30 meter, round stem, cylindrical, up to 1 meter in diameter. The trunk is believed to have originated from India, namely the area of western ghats, where wild species are still found to be scattered in the rain forest there, now the jackfruit has been widespread in various tropics , especially in Southeast Asia.
Root
Root riding, roots of jack fruit tree thresher into the rhythm of the riding because the body grows continues to be the root of the root branches become smaller roots.
Trunk
Jackfruit tree trunk is generally medium, up to about 20 meters high, although some reach 30 meters. Cylindrical round rod, up to 1 meter diameter, dense and bushy crown, widened and rounded when open, all parts of the body emit a thick white sap when wounded, the direction of growing stems perpendicular upward, the surface of the stem showing the leaf lathes and white whitish- .
