African Bread Fruit

$150.00

Treculia africana is a species of tree known in English as African breadfruit (Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, USA),breadfruit (Nigeria), wild jackfruit (Tanzania, Uganda), and African boxwood (Malawi).Treculia africana is a tree species in the genus Treculia which can be used as a food plant and for various other traditional uses. The fruits are hard and fibrous, can be the size of a volleyball and weight up to 8.5 kg (19 lb). Chimpanzees have been observed to use tools to break the fruits into small pieces that they can eat. The fruits contain polyphenols.T. africana is a large tree in the family Moraceae. It grows in wet areas and forests. The species can grow up to a height of 30 m (98 ft). The girth of the stem can attain 6 m (20 ft). The bark is grey and discharges a cream latex

Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Treculia
Species: T. africana