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Artocarpus heterophyllus

Kuru Papa‘ā

Jackfruit

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Jackfruit, Jakfruit, Indian Breadfruit; German Jackfruchtbaum

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kuru Papa‘ā (RR MG AT MK AK); Other Polynesian - ‘Ulu Initia (SAM)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE se.Asia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (Fruit 1+)

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++	+	+	+	-	+	-		-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
SYNONYMS: Artocarpus integer [sensu, incl. GW]; Artocarpus integrifolius [sensu]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); HAMAMELIDAE; Urticales; MORACEAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Te Au-o-Tonga (4 of 4 domestic)
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food (Fruit 1+). Comments: MATERIAL: Timber like Breadfruit [A. altilis] but harder.

GENERAL NOTE: W.W.Gill (1885:179) mentioned that jack-fruit had been introduced into the Eastern Polynesia from Samoa. He noted it as native in Samoa and the Western Pacific and Indian Archipelago. The species was not recorded by Cheeseman (1903), but was in Wilder (1931) without a note on its origin.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.304 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.99 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.475 Tropica
p.2/208 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.40 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.373b Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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