Common Name:  Breadfruit, Artocarpus communis, ‘Ulu

 

Family:  Moraceae (Mullberry)

 

Part Used:  All parts; flowers, leafs, sap, fruit, bark, root

 

Active constituents:  Alpha amyrin, artocarpin, flavonoids, folic acid, hydrocyanic acid, lectin, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid, papayotin, pectins, starch, Vitamin C.

 

Actions:  Anodyne, antibacterial, antitumor, aperient, astringent, contraceptive, haemolytic, laxative, masticatory, purgative, styptic, vermifuge

 

Indications:  Cardio-vascular-high blood pressure, chest pain and vomiting from heart problems; Derm-boils, abscesses, skin infection, sap topical; cracked skin; burns and rashes; Digestive: stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting blood, fish poisoning; Endocrine-diabetes; headache, toothache; thrush, tonsillitis; puncture wounds in the eye, topical juice for ear infections; topically ashes of the leaves for infections; liver disease; spleen enlargements; topical for back pain and rheumatism; post partum infections-weakness and retained placentas, internal juice from stem bark or roots; Asthma yellow leaf decocted, coug and difficult or painful breathing, root juice or young fruit juice; use an infused bard for urinary problem, blood or decreased urination.  Leaves and uncooked fruit are used as a food for animals, and used to fatten pigs, also been used to heal fractured bones.  Wide use as a food; “unlimited”

 

Cautions:  Some species have a purgative effect if eaten raw

 

Contraindications:  None found

 

Herb Drug Interactions:  None reported

 

Dosage (use animal doses where available, otherwise human doses can be included here but specify):  Wide as the plant can be used as a food source

 

Notes:  Its range is global near the equator. Probably native to Java, Gather when the fruit begins to weep in June, July and August