Treculia
Treculia is a genus of trees in the plant family Moraceae that is native to west and central Africa and Madagascar. The best-known member of the genus, Treculia africana, commonly known as the African breadfruit, is used as a food plant.
The fruits are hard and fibrous, can be the size of a volleyball and weight up to 8.5 kg. Chimpanzees have been observed to use tools to break the fruits into small pieces that they can eat.
Species
Five species are accepted.- Treculia acuminata
- Treculia africana
- *Treculia africana var. africana
- **Treculia africana var. africana cultivar Nutreculia Nutrecul-TRC
- *Treculia africana var. ilicifolia
- *Treculia africana var. inversa
- *Treculia africana var. mollis
- *Treculia africana var. sambiranensis
- Treculia lamiana
- Treculia obovoidea
- ''Treculia zenkeri''