Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a multiple fruit formed from the fusion of the ovaries of multiple flowers and consists of a fibrous, whitish core (rachis). Fleshy petals of the unripe fruit are eaten. Also known as jack tree, is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family Moraceae. Its inflorescence, that are elongated, cylindrical to ellipsoidal or pear-shaped, are formed on the trunk, branches or twigs (cauliflory) have both male and female flowers. Initially they are completely enveloped in egg-shaped cover sheets which rapidly slough off. Flowers are small, sitting on a fleshy rachis. The greenish female flowers, with hairy and tubular perianth, have a fleshy flower-like base. The female flowers contain an ovary with a broad, capitate, or rarely bilobed scar.
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