Jak or jack tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) with man collecting the fallen fruit. Engraving by J. Storer after J. Forbes, 1767.

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Jac fruit and jak-nuts are edible and the timber is excellent for furniture

London (Fleet Street) : White, Cochrane & Co., 1st June 1812.

1 print : line engraving

The jac tree. The man and fruit in proportion. Engraved by J.Storer. Jam.Forbes, Bombay, 1767.

James Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, vol. 4, London, 1813, pp. 351-379

Wellcome Collection 20056i

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