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It is also grown in parts of Hawaii, Brazil, Suriname, Madagascar, and in islands of the West Indies such as Jamaica and Trinidad. It is the national fruit of Bangladesh and Indonesia. Jackfruit plants are frost sensitive. The jackfruit bears fruit three years after planting.

Findings also indicate that Indian Emperor Ashoka the Great (274237 BC) encouraged arbori-horticulture of various fruits including jackfruit. Varahamihira, the Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer, wrote a chapter on the treatment of trees in his Brhat Samhita. His treatise includes a specific reference on grafting to be performed on trees such as jackfruit.

The Tijuca forest is mostly an artificial secondary forest, whose planting began during the mid-nineteenth century, and jackfruit trees have been a part of the park's flora since its founding. Recently, the species expanded excessively, due to the fact that its fruits, once they had naturally fallen to the ground and opened, where eagerly eaten by small mammals such as the common marmoset and the coati.

It is available canned in sugar syrup, or frozen. Dried jackfruit chips are produced by various manufacturers.

In the Philippines, its texture is imitated by woodcarvers who produce prickly-textured bowls in the shape of the jackfruit.

Young jackfruit has a mild flavour and distinctive texture. The cuisines of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam use cooked young jackfruit. In many cultures, jackfruit is boiled and used in curries as a staple food.

The English one, jackfruit , is thought to derive from the Malayalam chakka or cakkai via the Portuguese jaca.

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