A tree crop, Artocarpus altilis, domesticated in the South Pacific, in the region of New Guinea and the surrounding islands, and spread by Pacific voyagers across Oceania over the following centuries to become a staple starch crop of many Pacific island societies. Breadfruit gained particular historical notoriety in the late eighteenth century when the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty was sent to Tahiti in 1789 under Captain William Bligh to collect breadfruit saplings intended to be transplanted to the Caribbean as a cheap food source for enslaved plantation laborers, a mission that ended in the famous mutiny against Bligh; a second voyage later completed the transfer. The tree produces large, starchy fruits that are cooked before eating and remains an important food crop across the Pacific, the Caribbean and other tropical regions today.
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1. Breadfruit (Wikipedia)
- lead: species of flowering tree, fruit serving as a staple food
- lead: the fruit serving as a staple food in many cultures
- lead: is a species of flowering tree
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Its name is derived from the texture of the moderately ripe fruit when cooked, similar to freshly baked bread and having a potato-like flavor.
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The tree produces large, starchy fruits that are cooked before eating and remains an important food crop across the Pacific, the Caribbean and other tropical regions today.
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