Artocarpus altilis
Breadfruit
Artocarpus altilis - Breadfruit - is a fast-growing evergreen tree frequently cultivated and naturalised throughout the tropics It is listed as invasive in Costa Rica, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It bears grapefruit-sized or larger, fruits, each weighing 400-1200 g.
Contributed by @kitster
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Breadfruit
Latin name
Artocarpus altilis
type
Fruiting tree
family
Moraceae
ph
5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
20.00 M
25.00 M
Artocarpus altilis
Artocarpus altilis - Breadfruit - is a fast-growing evergreen tree frequently cultivated and naturalised throughout the tropics It is listed as invasive in Costa Rica, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It bears grapefruit-sized or larger, fruits, each weighing 400-1200 g.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant the young tree in full sun - as the tree matures it can tolerate a little shade, but needs full sun to become established. Plant in fertile free-draining soil. This is a tropical tree, and if the conditions are not tropical, plant the tree in a container to kept indoors or under glass during cold weather
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
The seed needs to be removed from the fruit and sown immediately - it does not stay viable for long! Sow the seed in a container containing garden soil or compost that is free-draining, and keep it warm and well watered
kitster