10 Facts About Breadfruit

Breadfruit is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family believed to be a domesticated descendant of Artocarpus camansi originating in New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, and the Philippines.

Breadfruit is closely related to Artocarpus camansi of New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, and the Philippines, Artocarpus blancoi of the Philippines, and Artocarpus mariannensis of Micronesia, all of which are sometimes referred to as "breadfruit".

Breadfruit has hundreds of varieties and thousands of common names varying according to its geographic distribution, and is cultivated in some 90 countries.

Breadfruit is propagated mainly by seeds, although seedless breadfruit can be propagated by transplanting suckers that grow off the surface roots of the tree.

Breadfruit can be eaten once cooked, or can be further processed into a variety of other foods.

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Breadfruit is often served boiled with a mixture of sauteed bacalao, olive oil and onions.

Breadfruit flour is sold all over Puerto Rico and used for making bread, pastries, cookies, pancakes, waffles, crepes, and almojabana.

Breadfruit isn't popular in Dominican cookery and is used mainly for feeding pigs.

Breadfruit was widely used in a variety of ways among Pacific Islanders.

Breadfruit's family waited around the spot he had last been, day and night, watering it with their tears until suddenly, a small green shoot appeared where Ku had stood.