Kwai Muk (Artocarpus hypargyreus) had always been under the shadow of its well known and very famous cousin, the ever popular Jakfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus).

I do not know of any other fruit-bearing Kwai Muk tree in the US other than the one in Marie Selby Botanical Garden in Sarasota, Florida. Supposedly the reproductive genetics is extremely complex in a Kwai Muk.

My 3-Gallon, 4-ft tall Kwai Muk tree was planted in the ground in August, 2005. Now at a height of 10-ft, I found a large number of small fruits this morning. Here’s a photo, taken today the 3rd of June, 2007.

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See where Kwai Muk is,

MORACEAE Family Tree

Monkey Jack OR Kwai Muk ?

Taste good?

When fully ripe like the picture in my last post, it is sweet with a slight tartness.

Kwai Muk #4