Moraceae

Breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

Family: Moraceae
Genus: Artocarpus

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Common names

By language (100)

ace: Sukôn
ami: Facidol
Arabic: خبزية محزوزة, ثمرة الخبز, جاكية محزوزة, فاكهة الخبز
Armenian: Հացի ծառ
arz: فاكهة الخبز
Azerbaijani: Çörək ağacı
ba: Икмәк ағасы
ban: Timbul
Basque: Ogi-zuhaitz
bdr: Kulu
Belarusian: Хлебнае дрэва
bik: Rimas
bjn: Sukun
bo: གོ་རེ་ཤིང་འབྲས།
Bulgarian: Обикновено хлебно дърво
Burmese: မဟာပိန္နဲပင်
Cantonese: 麵包樹
Catalan: Arbre del pa
Cebuano: Dalungyan
Chinese: 麵包樹, 面包树, 面包果树, 面包果
Croatian: Kruhovac
Czech: Chlebovník obecný
Danish: Brødfrugt
Divehi: ބަނބުކެޔޮ
Dutch: Broodboom
English: Breadfruit, Breadfruit tree, Breadnut, Dugdug, Bread fruit, Breadfruit-tree
Esperanto: Panarbo, Ordinara artokarpo
Estonian: Hõlmine leivapuu
Filipino: Rimas
Finnish: Malaijienleipäpuu, Leipäpuu
French: Arbre à pain
Galician: Árbore do pan
Georgian: Პურის ხე
German: Brotfruchtbaum
gor: Amo
Greek: Αρτόκαρπος
Haitian Creole: Labapen
Hausa: Berefut
Hawaiian: ‘Ulu, 'ulu, ʻulu
Hebrew: עץ הלחם
Hindi: रोटीफल
hsb: Prawy chlěbownik
iba: Purur
Igbo: Ukwa, Ukwu ukwa
Indonesian: Sukun
Irish: Crann torthaí aráin, Toradh aráin
Italian: Albero del pane
Japanese: パンノキ
Javanese: Sukun
Kannada: ದಿವಿಹಲಸು
Kazakh: Нан ағашы
Khmer: សាកេ
Kinyarwanda: Urubuto rw’umugati
Korean: 빵나무
Latvian: Īstais maizeskoks, Maizeskoks
Lithuanian: Paprastasis duonmedis
Macedonian: Лебовец
mad: Sokon
Malagasy: Soanambo, Lema, Rima, Soavanambo, Voakoromanga, Voankoromanga, Voankotra
Malay: Sukun
Malayalam: ശീമപ്ലാവ്
Māori: Kuru
mdf: Кшинь шуфта
mh: Mā
mwl: Fruita Pan
Norwegian Bokmål: Brødfrukttre, Brødfrukt
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brødfrukttre
pam: Kamansi
Persian: درخت نان
Polish: Chlebowiec właściwy
Portuguese: Fruta-pão, Rima
Quechua: Paparawa
Romanian: Arborele de pâine
Russian: Хлебное дерево
Sanskrit: नागदामिनी
Serbian: Хлебно дрво
Serbian (Latin): Hljebovac
shn: တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇလၢင်းၶမ်း
Sinhala: රටදෙල්
Slovak: Chlebovník obyčajný
Slovenian: Navadni kruhovec
Spanish: Fruta de pan, Árbol del pan
Sundanese: Sukun
Swahili: Mshelisheli
Swedish: Brödfruktträd
Tamil: ஈரப்பலா, கறிபலா
tcy: ಜೀಗುಜ್ಜೆ
Telugu: కూర పనస
Thai: สาเก
Tongan: Mei
Turkish: Ekmek ağacı
ty: Ùru, ʻuru
Ukrainian: Хлібне дерево
Urdu: پنس
Uzbek: Non mevasi
Vietnamese: Xa kê
wuu: 面包树
xmf: Ქობალიშ ჯა
Yoruba: Breadfruit
Zulu: Isithelo Sinkhwa

Synonyms

Artocarpus altilis var. non-seminiferus (Duss) Fournet
Artocarpus altilis var. seminiferus (Duss) Fournet
Artocarpus communis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Artocarpus incisifolius Stokes
Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f.
Artocarpus incisus var. non-seminiferus Duss
Artocarpus incisus var. seminiferus Duss
Artocarpus laevis Hassk.
Artocarpus papuanus Diels
Artocarpus rima Blanco
Radermachia incisa Thunb.
Saccus communis (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Kuntze
Saccus laevis (Hassk.) Kuntze
Sitodium altile Parkinson

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced

Photos

Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.