645 



pulp preserved as a sweetmeat, Singapore (Col. & Ind. Exliib. 

 1886) ; Dominica, where in 1888 only a few trees were growing ; 

 fruit not much cared for by the people, seeds eaten like the 

 Bread-nuts {A. incisa) (I.e. 1888, p. 210), in India and generally 

 everywhere in countries w^here the tree has been established. 



The wood is valued in Zanzibar as being almost the only 

 native timber soft enough to be easily w^orked (Kew Bull. 1892 

 p. 89) ; used for carpentry, furniture and boxes, India (Gamble, 

 Man. Ind. Timb. p. 653) and for cabinet-making and brush- 

 backs in Europe (I.e.; Stone, Timb. Comm. p. 206); also" used 

 to dye the yellow clothes worn by the Buddhist priests, in 

 Burma (Gamble, l.c). 



This yellow dye may be dyed on cotton on alumina mordant ; 

 the shades obtained are good and fast (Srivastava, Agric. Journ. 

 India, " The D^^eing Value of Some Indian Dye-stuffs," Special 

 Indian Science Congress Number, Calcutta & London, 1916). 



A fibre is made from the inner bark — specimens in the Kew 

 Museum from Jamaica and Mauritius, ^ 



k 



J 



Propagated by seeds ; the flowers and fruit are developed 

 on the hard wood — trunk and branches, after the manner of 

 Cacao. The tree is grown in the West Indies as a shade tree for 

 Coffee (see p. 368), affords excellent shade for stock in pastures 

 (Agric. News, Barbados, ii. Oct, 24th, 1903, p. 342) and suitable 

 for wind-belts (Macmillan, Trop. PI, & Gard. p. 376), 



Ref. — ** Jaca or Jack-Fruit {Artocarpus integrifolia),'^ in 

 Cultural Industries for Queensland, Bernays, pp. 111-112 (Govt. 



Printer, Brisbane, 1883), ** Hassan Jack Fruit," Morris, in 



Gard. Chron. Dec. 12th, 1896, pp. 717-718,---^The Constituents 

 of Artocarpus integrijolia, Perkin & Cope, Agric. Ledger, No, 4, 



1896, pp. 1-7, " The Jack Tree, Artocarpus integrifolia, in 



Timbers of Commerce, Stone, pp. 205-206 (William Rider & Son, 

 Ltd. London, 1904). — — '* Jaquier {Artocarpus integrifolia) " in 

 ** Trois Artocarpees Utiles," Desruisseaux, ' in L' Agric. prat. 



pays chauds, viii. 1, 1908, pp. 11(>-125. ''Ibid,'' in Fruits 



des pays chauds, Hubert, pp. 515-527 (H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 

 Paris, 1912). 



Artocarpus nobilis, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. p. 262. 



A large tree 40-50 ft. high, up to 12 ft. in girth. Leaves 

 6-12 in. or so across, scaberulous on both surfaces ; on young 

 plants pinnatifid, nerves about 9 pairs; petiole |-1| in., stout. 

 Flower heads erect, oblong, peduncles 3 in., stout. Fruit 6-8 in. 

 by 3|-4 in. diam. Seeds J in. diam. sub-globose (FL Br. India 



V, p. 543). 



/^;._Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 309; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta ii. 

 1889, t, 10. 



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VerTMC. names. — Wal-del, Asinipalla-Kai (Ceylon, Macmillan) ; 

 Del (Ceylon, Thwaites, Beddome). — Wild Bread-fruit (Ceylon). 

 Native of Ceylon; introduced to Old Calabar from Kew. 



