Breadfruit Seed

Breadfruit seeds are the edible seeds produced by seeded varieties of breadfruit and its close relative the breadnut, Artocarpus camansi, a tree native to New Guinea, the Maluku Islands and the Philippines. Most breadfruit grown and eaten around the world today comes from seedless cultivars, the result of selective breeding favored in Polynesia for the fruit's starchy flesh, which made the seed a minor, largely regional food by comparison. Where seeded varieties are still grown, as in Puerto Rico and parts of the Caribbean, the seeds are traditionally boiled and peeled and then eaten whole, valued as a starchy, nutty-tasting food distinct from the fruit's flesh.