Artocarpus camansi, the breadnut, is a species of medium-sized tree in the family Moraceae.[1]The wild ancestor of A. altilis (breadfruit), it is also known as seeded breadfruit to distinguish it from its mostly seedless descendant.The morphology of the breadnut is a tree up to 35 metres (115 ft) tall with leaves 40–60 centimetres (16–24 in) long and 25–45 cm (10–171⁄2 in) wide and are pinnately lobed.[2] The plant is monoeciousand the male and female flowers occur at the tips of branches. Each male flower has two anthers, and is club-shaped. Thousands of individual male flowers are grouped together in an inflorescence measuring 3 cm (11⁄4 in) in diameter and 25–35 cm (10–14 in) long.[3]




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