Dear all good guess work and suggestions from Ushadi. EVEN I WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE LOOKS AND TASTE. BUT NOW A LITTLE BOTANY Jackfruit is a compound fruit. The jackfruit flowers are in a form of an infloerencense. Each is an individual flower, which gets fertilized and form fruit. But when the fruit formation occurs all fruits togather form one fruit. That is the external rind is common on all fruits togather. internally each part wat we eat is the individual fruit with a seed in it. the threads or fibres or stripes which we dont eat are the unfertilised flowers. Now in the photographed jackfruit some of the flowers have followed the normal phenomenon forming normal jackfruit. Some flowers have not followed the rule (like us) and hence formed seperate fruit each. Since the rind is developed on every fruit it is giving an appearence like banana. But i will definately like to know about inner part. generally such abnormalities result into malformation of fruit too. other example of compound fruit is pineapple. Each exagone wil represent a fruit. Waiting for pudijis observations furthe. BOTANISTS EXCUSE FOR THE NONSCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGIES USED IF ANY AS THIS IS FOR NON BOTANISTS TO UNDERSTAND madhuri
--- On Thu, 23/6/11, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:72415] Re: Mutant Artocarpus heterophyllus? > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Pudji Widodo" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 23 June, 2011, 3:31 PM > Dear Pudji ji: > Sure looks interesting... but I don't know answer to your > question, > but since I deal with weird diseases... I always think, > ANYTHING is > possible.... > > seriously though... > I would wait till its ripe... if its under my control... > or if its in some one else's control ..like a farmer... > pay him to keep an eye on it and sell you the rights to the > fruit... > then when ripe , cut it open...since jackfruit and banana > both are are > edible, > eat /taste the fruit pulp... photogrpah it first... and .. > .voila you and then we will know if it indeed is a wonder > of nature at > work with a real live hybrid... > right before your... and thru you, our eyes... > ISN'T life wonderful? and MYSTERIOUS!! > > Usha di > > = > > On Jun 22, 8:35 pm, Pudji Widodo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > > > This is a real jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) > found in Purwokerto, but > > it grows close to banana plant. Some parts of the > fruit look like banana. > > Is it a cross pollinated Artocarpus by Musa or a > mutant jackfruit? > > Could you explain this please. Thank you. > > > > Regards, > > Pudji Widodo > > Fakultas Biologi Universitas Jenderal Soedirman > > PURWOKERTO 53122 INDONESIA > > > > Nangka_Pisang (5).JPG > > 533KViewDownload > > > > Nangka_Pisang (3).JPG > > 648KViewDownload >
