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Latin name	Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
Family	Moraceae
Identified with (Lat)	Artocarpus integrifolia L.
Identified with (Skt)	panasa, paṇasa
Identified with (Pkt)	paṇasa
Identified with (Hin)	kaṭhal, cakki
Identified with (Ben)	kẫṭāl gāch, kẫṭhāl gāch
Identified with (Tam)	palāmaram
Identified with (Mal)	pḷāvu, pilāvu
Identified with (Eng)	Jackfruit tree
Botanical info	A large evergreen tree up to 25m high, leaves 5-25cm long, male and female flowers on separate inflorescences, edible oval fruits up to 25cm long, born directly on the trunk, grows all over India.
Search occurrence	panasa, paṇasa, paṇasa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 585) panasa, m. (pan?) the bread-fruit or Jaka tree, Artocarpus integrifolia MBh. R. &c.; a thorn, L.; a species of serpent Suśr.; N. of a monkey MBh. R.; (ī) f. = panasikā Suśr.; n. the bread-fruit ib. Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (vol. III, p. 355) Artocarpus integrifolia, Urticaceae The juice of A. integrifolia, the well-known Jack tree, in Sanskrit Panasa, heated over the fire, is a popular cement for joining broken China and stoneware. The deposit from the milky juice is insoluble in water, partly soluble in alcohol, and entirely so in benzol. It is a variety of caoutchoue, and in the natural state can be used as a birdlime, or as a cement for broken articles; after being washed in boiling water it becomes harder, and may be used for all the ordinary purposes of India-rubber. The yellow dye which is obtained from the wood is of a resinous nature, and may be extracted by boiling water or alcohol.

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