BOTANICAL RECORD
Artocarpus camansi Blanco
Breadnut · Châtaignier-pays · Moraceae
Overview
About the illustration
Botanical plate generated in the collection’s watercolor style, guided by Breadfruit Institute (NTBG) reference photographs: open crown, lobed leaves, spiny fruit and large seeds. A representation of the species, not a photograph of the Odo tree.
Original ↗- Growth form
- Large fruiting tree
- 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 Artocarpus camansi planted at Odo Valley, separate from the Artocarpus altilis breadfruit tree. On 26 September 2026, JB explicitly confirms this identification after comparing the species. He reports approximately 3–4 years, over 10 m and the beginning of production. Age and height are estimates; planting material provenance, exact planting date, position and yield remain to be recorded.
Record sources 11
Sources and origins
Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide — breadnut management
- Author or institution
- C. Elevitch & D. Ragone
- Publication year
- 2018
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Artocarpus camansi — NTBG plant database
- Author or institution
- National Tropical Botanical Garden
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Artocarpus camansi — Plants of the World Online
- Author or institution
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Breadfruit and breadnut introductions — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Treculia africana — Agroforestree Database
- Author or institution
- C. Orwa et al. · World Agroforestry
- Publication year
- 2009
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Comparative reference on Treculia africana; does not describe the confirmed Artocarpus camansi at Odo.
Treculia africana — Manual of Propagation
- Author or institution
- IITA Forest Center
- Publication year
- 2019
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Comparative reference on Treculia africana; does not describe the confirmed Artocarpus camansi at Odo.
Nutritional composition of breadnut seeds (Artocarpus camansi)
- Author or institution
- R. O. Adeleke & O. A. Abiodun
- Publication year
- 2010
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Analysed sample; composition varies and is not transferable to Treculia.
Artocarpus camansi at Odo — JB’s observations and confirmation
- Author or institution
- JB
- Publication year
- 2026
- Type
- Reported observation
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Provenance and context
- On 26 September 2026, JB describes a local breadnut aged 3–4 years, over 10 m tall and beginning to produce, then explicitly confirms: “It is Artocarpus camansi 100%”.
Identification confirmed by the owner. No specimen photograph or independent measurement was provided in this exchange.
The breadfruit complex — NTBG
- Author or institution
- Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
The older direct-ancestry account linking A. altilis to A. camansi is debated in recent work.
Treculia africana — Plants of the World Online
- Author or institution
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary source
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
Comparative reference on Treculia africana; does not describe the confirmed Artocarpus camansi at Odo.
Artocarpus camansi (breadnut) — Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry
- Author or institution
- Diane Ragone · Breadfruit Institute, NTBG
- Publication year
- 2006
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Agroforestry species profile
- Page, table or passage
- Pages 5–7: climate, soil and propagation
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-26
General reference; calendars and yields are not measurements from Ghana.