Jack (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a tropical fruit species found in tropical, high rainfall, coastal and humid areas of the world. It belongs to family Moraceae. Scientifically Artocarpus heterophyllus, it is the favourite fruit of many, owing to its sweetness. The jackfruit tree is widely cultivated in tropical regions of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Jackfruit is also found across Africa, especially in Cameroon, Uganda, Tanzania, and Mauritius, as well as throughout Brazil and Caribbean nations such as Jamaica. However, India is considered to be the native of jack fruit. In our country, the trees are found distributed in southern states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, coastal Maharashtra and other states like, Assam, Bihar, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh as well as the foothills of Himalayas. The name originated from its Malayalam name Chakka. It is also called kathhal (Hindi and Urdu), pala (Tamil), halasina hannu (Kannada) panasa pandu (Telugu) and phanos (Marathi and Konkani). The fleshy carpel which is botanically the perianth is the edible portion.