ABSTRACT
This chapter provides information on the uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors of Jackfruit. The following fungi are known to attack jackfruit: Botryodiplodia theobromae, Corticium salmonicolor, Diplodia artocarpi, Ganoderma applanatum and Gloeosporium artocarpi. Propagated by seeds, budding after the modified Forkert method, inarching, air-layering, or grafting. Branchlets terete, with scattered, retrose, crisped hairs, becoming glabrous. Leaves and bark contain a white latex. Leaves are fed to sheep, goats, and cattle as fodder, especially in the dry season. Flower clusters are eaten in Java with syrup and agar-agar or coconut milk. Young fruits may be eaten in soups. Trees are usually cut for lumber when upwards of 30 years old; wood takes a high polish and is ornamental. Grown as a shade tree for cardamom, jackfruit contributed annually 9,375 kg/ha leaf mulch.
