Monkey Jackfruit Artocarpus rigidus Medium sized fruit (3-4"), with yellow-orange, mildly spiny skin. Pulp is orange, sub-acid, and lacking odor, unlike most other Artocarpus species. |
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Uses |
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Eaten fresh. |
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Plant Cultivation |
| Very large tree, over 100ft when mature. Little cultural information
is available, although the tree is supposedly a bit hardier than the
common jackfruit, and can be used as a rootstock
for the jackfruit. |
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Origin and Distribution |
| Native to Burma, Malaysia, (peninsular and Borneo), and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java). The tree is cultivated in parts of Southeast Asia. |
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