BISH 421931Botany

Artocarpus altilis

Breadfruit

As recorded: Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Rosales › Moraceae

Collected by: St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S.R.S. Cowan →Harold St.John →
Collector number: 22206
Date: September 12, 1946
Locality: Ebon Island
Island: Ebon Atoll
Region: Marshall Islands
Record type: Preserved specimen

583 Bishop specimens of Artocarpus altilis · collected 1854–2024Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 12, 1946, St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S. also collected 20 other specimens.

Artocarpus altilis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,639 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-18.

2026-10-18

El Portal Trail, Río Grande, PR, US

(c) Joel Likes To Photo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-18

El Yunque National Forest, Río Grande, PR, US

(c) dan_iovino25, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-18

Thulusdhoo, Maldives

(c) William Keenan, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-15

Azim Premji University

(c) Susan Isac, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-13

RQWG+3CQ, Buragunte, Karnataka 562125, India

(c) smritimadhan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10

Guaynabo, 00965, Puerto Rico

(c) mtrox, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Artocarpus altilis. BISH 421931. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956270476. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/421931.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956270476 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026