The breadnut tree diagram ( Artocarpus camansi ) , sometimes mistakenly referred to as the breadfruit Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , rise in tropical climates . The trees , grown for their toothsome and nutritious seeds , farm in Florida where meek wintertime persist . In other sphere of Florida , the breadnut trees acquire in container as long as they get travel inside when the threat of freeze appears .
Description
In its native environment , the tight - grow breadnut tree reaches up to 50 foot in height , with trunks growing up to more than 3 metrical unit in diam . The trees usually farm up to 16 feet in acme before evergreen ramification mould . The dull green leaves with green veins grow up to 24 inches long . When flowering occurs , both male and distaff flowers appear on the same tree diagram , with the blooms occur at the closing of the branches . Each blossom consists of thousands of tiny flowers bond to a squishy core .
Habitat
The fast - growing breadnut Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to begin with come from New Guinea , and peradventure Indonesia and the Philippines . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree raise in lowland areas , often appearing on banks of rivers that frequently flood . Breadnut trees stay on break up throughout the forest , probably propagate by birdie and mammal that drop the large seminal fluid where they pullulate and grow . The tree diagram develop in South Florida and the Keys , where temperature do not drop below 40 point Fahrenheit .
Fruits
The breadnut tree produces oblong , burry fruits at about 8 to 10 year of geezerhood . The fruits mature between October and May , containing little mush , unlike breadfruit Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Instead , ripe breadnut fruit hold in up to 150 orotund seeds high in protein and low-pitched in fat that get boiled or jest at , then eaten . The cooked flavor of the seeds sample standardized to chestnuts . ripe tree may soften up to 600 to 800 fruits per season .
Planting
Breadnut trees opt fertile , well - enfeeble soils where they receive lots of rain during the summer . Although the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree expand in full Dominicus , it does not grow well in areas that experience dry seasons lasting more than three month . Otherwise , the tree drops its yield untimely . The tree grow from transplanted container , although they can develop from the seeds . Since the seeds from ripe fruits require no quiescency , they require immediate planting once dispatch from the fruit . The tree diagram requires protection from frost . Otherwise , the fruit , leaves and ramification give out back .
Uses
The seeds from the breadnut tree fruit are a staple in the tropics . The seed , leaves and twigs of the breadnut tree get used as cattle provender . The Natalie Wood work well for slyness . The tree also provide interest group and texture year - round in southern Florida landscapes and gardens .
