BOTANICAL RECORD
Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg
Breadfruit · Arbre à pain · Moraceae
Overview
About the illustration
Generated for this record; this is not a photograph of the Odo tree.
Original ↗- Growth form
- Tropical tree with a broad crown
- At Odo Valley
- One tree, over 10 m, beginning to produce
- In the library
- Local plantings
- Botanical origin in Ghana
- Introduced to Ghana
- Location
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Known date or period
- 26 September 2026 — report
Field note
One breadfruit tree at Odo Valley. On 26 September 2026, JB reports an age of approximately 3–4 years, a height over 10 m and the beginning of production. Cultivar, propagation method, exact position and yield are not recorded. Estimated age is not a planting date. The local breadnut has a separate record.
Record sources 21
Sources and origins
Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide
- Author or institution
- C. Elevitch & D. Ragone
- Publication year
- 2018
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Development of a Probiotic Beverage Using Breadfruit Flour As a Substrate
- Author or institution
- Y. Gao et al.
- Publication year
- 2019
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Breadfruit botany — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Caribbean breadfruit traced back to Capt. Bligh’s 1791–93 journey
- Author or institution
- Northwestern University
- Publication year
- 2023
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Breadfruit growing regions — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Breadfruit fermentation practices in Oceania
- Author or institution
- Nancy J. Pollock
- Publication year
- 1984
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
How to dry and grind breadfruit into flour
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Publication year
- 2015
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Conservation and use of breadfruit: Ghanaian perspective
- Author or institution
- D. K. Gamedoagbao & S. O. Bennett-Lartey
- Publication year
- 2007
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Limitations
Abstract consulted. Historical national account, not a drought-tolerance trial at Odo.
When to harvest — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Breadfruit history — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Breadfruit horticulture — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Artocarpus altilis — Plants of the World Online
- Author or institution
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
The Gift of Kū
- Author or institution
- University of Hawaiʻi · STEMS²
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Breadfruit nutrition — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
JB — Odo Valley · 26 September 2026
- Author or institution
- JB
- Publication year
- 2026
- Type
- Reported observation
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Limitations
One breadfruit and one local breadnut, each approximately 3–4 years old and over 10 m tall; beginning to produce. Age and height are reported estimates, not independently measured.
Breadfruit in the Pacific Islands, its domestication and origins of cultivars
- Author or institution
- L. Thomson et al.
- Publication year
- 2023
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Limitations
Synthesis proposing a reinterpretation of domestication; presented as a scientific debate.
Complex origins of breadfruit
- Author or institution
- N. Zerega, D. Ragone & T. Motley
- Publication year
- 2004
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Limitations
Historical genetic model; does not by itself settle more recent debates about origins.
Breadfruit Production Guide
- Author or institution
- C. Elevitch, D. Ragone & I. Cole
- Publication year
- 2014
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Mosquito-biting deterrent fatty acids from male breadfruit inflorescences
- Author or institution
- A. M. P. Jones et al. · USDA ARS
- Publication year
- 2012
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Limitations
Laboratory tests on Aedes aegypti; not validation of malaria protection in Ghana.
Breadfruit — Produce Facts
- Author or institution
- UC Davis Postharvest Research and Extension Center
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Traditional uses — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26