Breadfruit (Artocarpus Altilis)

Breadfruit, (Artocarpus altilis), tree of the mulberry family (Moraceae) and it’s a large fruit that is considered as a staple food of the South Pacific and other tropical areas. Breadfruit contains considerable amounts of starch and is seldom eaten raw. It may be roasted, baked, boiled, fried, or dried and ground into flour. The breadfruit has been cultivated in the Malay Archipelago (where the species is held to be indigenous) since remote antiquity. From this region it spread throughout the tropical South Pacific region in prehistoric times.