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Uluwehi Farm and Nursery

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Commenced:	01/01/2002
Submitted:	23/03/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	po box 910 , Kapaau, HI, US
Phone:	808-889-5035
Website:	uluwehifarm.com
Climate zone:	Wet/Dry Tropical

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Jackfruit An Unusually Useful Tree

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Posted by Tom Baldwin over 13 years ago

You will never forget jackfruit.

Think of Jackfruit as a larger cousin of fig and mulberry. It is the largest fruit in the world too weighing up to 150 pounds, although on the farm we select for small more manageable size and good flavor and texture. In southeast asia preferred varieties are crisp and crunchy flesh and not overly musky as some of the local land races here on the island are. They are abundant and sweeten up nicely in the hot dry weather. Jacks can be used also as a vegetable cooked at their immature sized and the whole thing minus the inner core and skin cut up and used in curries like in India or sliced and fried in coconut oil for a crispy salty snack. On the farm we collect the most outstanding selections from Malaysia primarily.

It is also a fairly tough and useful tree for windbreaks, and larger planting establishment as it grows easily from seed, bears precociously and profusely and is an amazing biomass producer for animal feed both the fruit and leaves. For chicken forage systems it is one of the most important as the fruit falls and decays the flesh can be devoured as well as attracting insects. The seeds are high protein snacks for geese, and can be enjoyed as a boiled snack with its seed husk removed.

The Moracea family includes the fig (Ficus carica), mulberry (Morus alba), breadfruit Artocarpus altilis, breadnut (Artocarpus dug dug) , and a number of other fruits in the Artocarpus genus. These arguably make up the most important tree food stables in the world.

Planting a range of types (good ones) and in various places on the homestead creates a good spread throughout the year when fruit are available. They function as excellent windbreaks and shade for animals and generally improve the fertility and soil quality. Eventually the trees develop a high quality yellow wood for construction and dyes.

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Christopher Carter : Hi Tom, is that jack fruit wood structure your standing next to ? Your children are so awesome. here on the other side of the forest we been harvesting some really good ones, they are finally going off most of the year,, some where, sweet firm flesh juicy kind , fruiting sometimes in 3 years from a seed thrown on the ground,so now we are direct seeding them for future wind breaks and along the streams up here on the ranch

Posted over 13 years ago

Robert Hones : They are plentiful and get sweeter nicely in the dry, hot weather. The whole jackfruit, except the inner core and skin, can be used in curries, as is the case in India, or it can be sliced and fried in coconut oil for a salty, crispy snack. | tree removal christchurch

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