Jackfruit is one of the most significant tropical fruit produced in India. Jack grows well and gives good yield in warm humid climate of hill slopes and hot humid climate of plains. Jackfruit is also...

Jackfruit is one of the most significant tropical fruit produced in India. Jack grows well and gives good yield in warm humid climate of hill slopes and hot humid climate of plains. Jackfruit is also known as the poor man's food in the Eastern and Southern part of India. India is considered as the motherland of jackfruit. In India, it has wide distribution in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, the foothills of the Himalayas and South Indian States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The tender fruits of the tree are used as vegetables and the ripe ones as table fruits..