Do Bread Trees Really Exist?

In India, Brazil, Sri , and tropi-cal Africa a kind of tall tree grows with a trunk and branches that bear ball-shaped fruit as big as a volleyball and weighs one to two kilogrammes If it is roasted, it looks just like baked white bread and sends out a bread- like smell. It tastes wonderful-sweet with a touch of sour. Scientists call it the "bread tree,, and its fruit ,bread fruit". The fruit is nourishing and consists of starch, protein, fat and plenty of vitamins. It is not only eaten ?IS bread, but also can be made into jam. The tree yields fruit for as nine months a year.