Breadfruit

Majestic to behold, the breadfruit tree yields considerable shade and food for those who live in the Pacific islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. So monumental and beautiful is the huge-leafed tree, so strange is the green fruit (the size of a baby’s head and covered with a reticulated pattern of small protrusions), so vital are all the parts of the tree to the general welfare of many, that countless myths and legends have grown up around the breadfruit.