Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), also known as jack tree or sometimes simply jack, doesn’t win any prizes for being cute or convenient to eat—but it’s sure winning praises among vegan and vegetarians as a tasty meat alternative.
Jackfruit is the world’s largest tree fruit, with some of them weighing in at 80 to 100 pounds and measuring more than three feet in length. The people who harvest these South and Southeast Asian native fruits have a challenge, since these fruits must be picked from the branches or tree trunks—those that fall to the ground generally are overripe and not useful.
Jackfruit tree Wikimedia_Commons
