JACKFRUIT / JACA / KANUN /JACK FRUIT - Artocarpus heterophyllus - 5 SEEDS exotic fruit

Jackfruit is a tropical tree fruit grown in Asia, Africa and South America. 

This ancient fruit is heart-healthy, may help fight inflammation and is a great meat substitute!

This massive tree fruit flips its flavor between sweet and savory, depending on how ripe it is.

Jackfruit benefits include being heart-healthy, fighting inflammation and promoting wound healing.

Under its thick, bumpy green rind is a yellow flesh that you can eat raw or cooked in a variety of dishes. (Its seeds are also edible.)

Jackfruit is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world, weighing up to 40 pounds or more. 

Jackfruit contains fiber for healthy digestion and very little fat.

Research shows that eating jackfruit can potentially reduce the risk of heart disease.

Ancient people used jackfruit as medicine.  In folk medicine, where jackfruit is grown, people have used it for its antimicrobial and antifungal properties.

Ripe jackfruit has a sweet, tropical fruit flavor that works well as a snack or added to sweet dishes. When ripe, it tastes like other tropical fruits like bananas, mangos or pineapples.