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Family: Moraceae	Genus: Artocarpus	Species: Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.( कटहल )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Artocarpus maximus Blanco, Artocarpus integrifolius Auct. Non L.f.	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Kathal	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Jackfruit	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Kathal	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Up To 1000m	Fruit Type	Aggregate
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit agregate, oblong,tuberculate, tubercles conical yellowish-green, fruiting perianth yellow to light orange, fleshy. Seeds elliptic-oblong, smooth, glossy
Habitat	Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also widely cultivated	Bark Type	Exfoliating
Distribution	India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Jamica, Kenya, Malysia, Myanmar, Tanzani, Thailnd, Uganda, Vietnam	Bark Details	. Bark, blackish-grey, exfoliating surface orange-red, blaze pinkish-yellow; exudation milky white latex
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Evergreen trees, up to 25 m high. Bark, blackish-grey, exfoliating surface orange-red, blaze pinkish-yellow; exudation milky white latex. Leaves simple, alternate. Stipules lateral, ovate-lanceolate. Leaf simple, obovate, obovate-oblong, or elliptic-ovate, base acute, round or cuneate, apex acute or obtuse. Flowers unisexual, minute, yellowish-green, in spikes enclosed by spathe-like bracts stamen1,filament somewhat flattened,stout.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	Leaf Details	Bark, blackish-grey, exfoliating surface orange-red, blaze pinkish-yellow; exudation milky white latex

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