Wikipedia Article About Jackfruit on Wikipedia The Jackfruit (Telugu: Panasa;Bengali: Kathal; Bhojpuri: katahar; Chinese : 波罗蜜 (bōluómì); Kannada: Halasina kaayi;Hindi: Katahal; Malayalam: Chakka; Malay and Indonesian: nangka; Portuguese: Jaca; Sinhala: Kos; Tagalog: langka; Tamil: Palaa; Thai: kanoon; Vietnamese: mít; Swahili: finesi; taxonomic name Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a species of tree and its fruit, widely grown in Southeast-Asia and Brazil. The jackfruit is in the mulberry family Moraceae, and thought to be native to India and Bangladesh. It is the national fruit of Bangladesh.