Breadfruit or Palapanas??
From many days I have a confusion regarding the name of this fruit/vegetable. So here is this post.
Following is a picture of breadfruit. We call it as “Palapanas” at my native. It is also called as “Jeev kadgi” or “Neerpanas” in different dialects of Konkani.
Today I was talking to Dr. K. B. Mallya (Baab) of Mangalore World fame. He introduced me to a fruit from Mangalore called “Palponos“. So for my better understanding of both these vegetables/fruits, I am requesting everyone who reads this to give both the names, if you happen to know. With Baab’s permission, here is “Palponos” picture from Mangalore World.
So in your language what are both of these called? Please leave a comment. I would appreciate sharing this information.
Updated on 20th Nov 2006:
I am very thankful to you all for the information. We have a tree of breadfruit at my native. It is one of my favorite vegetables. We make dhoddak/huggi, rava fries(phodi) and chips with it. There are many other dishes like muga mole randayi where we use breadfruit. I will be posting some more dishes with this vegetable in future.
For breadfruit from the first picture, we call it Palapanas (“pala” – root, “panas” – jackfruit, because from the roots of this tree, new small plants grow. And these small plants are planted to make new trees.
Palponos from the second picture, is a fruit that is eaten when it is ripe. So this is different from what I called palapanas (essentially breadfruit). I came to know about this information by researching more on these two types.
So to conclude, I will not be giving the Konkani name of breadfruit anywhere on Aayi’s recipes. Instead I will link to this post, so that everyone will understand what I am talking about.
Thank you very much Dr.K.B.Mallya (Baab) for all the information. I have learnt a lot from you. Thanks for the suggestion to ask my readers about this vegetable. Atleast I will not get confused next time 
.
My non-Konkani readers, I am sorry for all the confusion. I wanted to know more about both the fruits/vegetables, so had to post this.
Shilpa,
My dad is from south canara and from what I know the fruit in the first picture is called ” Jeev Kadgi” and the second pic shows “palponos” . Jeev Kadgi is used to make upkari and koddyala in south canara whereas Palponos is eaten raw or pickled and stored for year long use.
Divya
The first one, which i think is a breadfruit, we call it “vilayati fanas” in Marathi
the second one, which I think is a jackfruit, we call it “fanas” in Marathi.
Hey, I am happy to see “aayis recipes” on the picture!!
Breadfruit or jeev kadgi is called “Dee gujje” or “Jee gujje” in Kannada. Donno about palponos..i think my mom calls it ‘pachponos’ – konkani again.
Shouldn’t the title have been ‘breadfruit and palponos’ instead of OR ? You are talking about 2 different fruits here
Hey Shilpa..
The first one is :
Breadfruit ( Common name)
kada chakka , sheemachakka ( Malayalam)
Artocarpus altilis ( Botanical name)
The second is :
Jungle jack( common name)
Anjili chakka, Aini chakka((malayalam)
Artoearpus hirsutus( Botanical name)
hope this will help.
Shilpa..let me confuse you little bit more, after all what are friends for?
The name ‘Palponos’ is what Catholics call it in Mangalore and we Dhorke’s (GSB) call it ‘Pachponos’…
Hi shilpa,
U can refer to ingi’s post about the fruit/vegetable.She had blogged about it sometime back.Here is the url :http://injimanga.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_injimanga_archive.html
Shobitha
The first one viz., the breadfruit is also known as “Gudgo” amongst GSB’s in Cochin.
Shilpa,
Did some research and came up with this info. The second fruit is known as Durian.Supposedly the people who like this fruit call it the “king of fruit”. The fruit has a strong smell and a very unique taste. This fruit is popular in South East Asia.A few countries even BAN the presence of durian in selected public spots due to its offensive smell.The following link gives all the info about the fruit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian
Name: Bombaceae Durio zibethinus L./Murr
Better known as: Durian (Malaysia/Worldwide), Duren (Indonesia),
Thurian (Thailand)
The first image – Bread fruit(common name)
Artocarpus altilis (Moraceae)
Common Names
English: breadfruit
Spanish: pana, panapén, mapén, árbol de pan, buen pan, fruta de pan
French: arbre à pain
Philippines: rimas
Indonesia, Malaysia: sukun
Cambodia: sakéé, khnaôr sâmloo
Thailand: sa-ke, khanun-sampalor
Vietnam: sakê
This fruit is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea and the South Pacific.Hope the info helps.
Hi Shilpa,
The first one in called “Gudgo” and th second one is called “Patponos” among GSB,s in Kerala
Vikram is from Karwar (North Canara) in Karnataka. In North Canara the first one is known as “Nirpanas”
Sorry Shobitha…the second fruit is not ‘Durian’…I took that picture, it is Palponos or Pachponos, typically seen in Soth Kanara and Kerala.
Durian has harder shell and much stronger spikes and if it falls on head, could literally kill a person. In Malaysia they have ‘nets’ across the street to prevent that from happening!
This fruit is banned from eating in public places in Singapore because of the smell. In my opinion the smell is mixture of soap and onion but it is a delicacy in Malaysia!
My husband is a manglorean, my mother in law calls this as DE BAJJI, and she makes a tasty dish out of it just like fish fry.
The first photo is is different from the second, The first is call DE BAJJI and the seocond is call Ponnas(jackfruit)
Dr Mallya,
I am getting all the more curious about this fruit. Did some more research and I am guessing again,is it Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus).The other name is Tarap.
Hi Shilpa,
The first one is “Jeevi Guzo” and the second one is “Pal Ponas”. Jeevi Guzo is a all time fav. You can make podis, bajje’s, make ponna upkari randayi and tastes good when u cook it with a combination of prawns/meat. My neighbour who happens to b a GSB makes dabbe kahan i.e shreds them fine and makes chips similar to the ones that are made with kaccha jackfruit and stores them.
Pal Ponos : This can b eaten ripe compared to jackfruit has smaller seeds and fruits. They are normally pickeled and with salt water and stored for the rainy season. While eaten ripe the fruit is a little tangy than the normal kackfruit.
readers pls read it as jJackfruit. Ooops sorry
Hi Shilpa,
I am from Mangalore. The first one is called Jee Gujje or Breadfruit. And i think the second one is called Hebbalasu or wild jack. It is a type of Jackfruit smaller in size. I had seen this in my aunty’s place in Kaup ( Near Udupi).
Sumana
The first photo is Degujje and the second photo is called Pejakai because this fruit I have seen in my uncle’s house in mangalore.
The first one Bread fruit called Deevi Gujjo by catholics in Mangalore and the second one is Palponos. We have trees of both the fruits at home.
Hi,
I’m a Catholic (Konkani speaking) from Udupi. We call the first one “Diu/Dee Gujje ” and the second one “Palponos”.
Hi Shilpa,
I always visit your blog.. it’s wonderful. I’m a konkani from Kerala but settled in US. Regarding your question, the first one is called “Lande gudgo” or “Jeevi kadgi” in southern Konkani, the second one which is eaten ripe is called “pat ponosu”. I love the first one. My mom makes lovely phodi by steaming it and frying it after dipping it in a batter of besan.
Archana
Shilpa,
The one picture is called jeev kadagi and the second one we call is “pachponos” . I am hearing Palponos for the first time.
thanks
smitha
Hi Shilpa,
As far as I know in North Kanara we eat 2 type of kadgis,
the one in the first pic is called palpansa kadgi(i.e breadfruit) normally
we make baje and phodi and use for randays.The other one is nirpansa kadgi
it has small thorns,it looks like a mini version of jackfruit.
The first one is supposed to be vaykar(induces gas in stomach),wheras the second one
is supposed to be pathya kadgi and used in randays mostly ad it has small tender seeds.
Hope this info helps.
Hello
The first one is called sitaphalam in telugu . There are lots of seeds in it , so when you eating , it takes few mins and bit of effort to cut the flesh around the seed with teeth
but it is worth the effort ..
second one is panasa kaya/pandu . with this we make curry before it is ripe, when it is ripe we eat like a fruit
eitherway it is too good and I really miss these two here in USA.
-Ratnavalli
Thanks to you all for the names. I will keep these names in mind.
Thanks Dr.Mallya. I came to know about two new fruits because of you. May be you know all the names mentioned here, I have heard of only Jeev kadgi.
Deepa, second one is not Neerpanas. Neerpanas and Palapanas leaves look same. In the second picture, the leaves are different. Also Neerpanas is dark green in color and it cannot be eaten when it is ripe.
Ratnavalli, the first one is not Sitaphal. You can see sitaphal in Dr.Mallya’s article. It is called Sugar Apple in English. Breadfruit does not have any seeds. I have posted some pictures in my huggi post.
shilpa we call the first one breadfruit or deeviso guzo in konkani. used to fry, or in coconut curries.
the second, palponos, a miniature jackfruit – i have eaten it only once as a kid and the taste and flavour still haunts me – i have been looking for it and wanting to eat it again – but have not been able to find it anywhere!
in your search if you come across where to find a palponos please please let me know…
thanks
d
hi shilpa,
the first photo we call it ‘jeevkadgi’ and the next is”pachponos”.we make varieties of dishes from jeevkadgi,phodi,bajo.upkari,bhajjun upkari and other masala randayi . pachponos i used to eat in my mamama ’s place , we used to eat it raw,yummy.glad to see ur blog dressed new.
hi shilpa,
I grew up in mangalore.Now i live in Bangalore. the first photo we call it ‘jeevkadgi’ and the next is’’pachponos’’. i used to eat . pachponos when i was young. we used to buy it at “flower market” in car street mangalore. I think “pachponos” is also preserved in salt, and available round the year, like “saal”. I will check at “udipi store ” abt the availibity / season of “pachponos” and post the information the next time.
Ananth
Well, as for me a Bunt who speaks Tulu, born in Karkala, raised in Amchi Mumbai, but a great lover of our Tulunadu, the first one is Jee Gujje, which is used to make a kind of dish like upkari, just like your other regular dishes. The second one and one of my all time favourite fruits, one which i spent hours as a child and youth trying to stone it down from really big tall tress is ” PEJAKAI “.
It grows on really tall trees, and is quite rare. It is the size of a small coconut and when it is ripe, it is pretty soft, so if you manage to stone it down from the tree, most of the times, it breaks open. The pulp insides is of the same shape as in jackfruit but much smaller, beautifully golden in color and amazingly aromatic. Its seeds if i remember rightly can be dried or roasted and are absolutely delicious too.
With the constant deforestation and neglect of local species of fruits and various other flora and fauna, it is rare to find this fruit. Once again, Long live the ” PEJAKAI “, lol
Many thianks to Dr Mallya for putting up pictures of ” PEJAKAI “, The second fruit shown above. I would find every opportunity to seek out this fruit whenever we visited OOR ( native place ) and now i am far and away and i miss those days, when summer vacations would mean Jackfruit, Mangoes, sitaphal, pejakai, fishing, running around rice fields, begging my uncles and cousins to let me plow the fields or plant ginger , sweet potato , chillies in raised rows of earth. Hmm those were the days.
well in our country SAMOA we call the fruit on the first picture the ulu and we call the fruit on the second picture the ulu igikia. well in our country the the most preferred one is ulu in the first picture.
Oh: real pictures…………
The first one is in tulu: Jee Gujje and the second one is Pajakai
Well,we in konkani call it” passponos”–ponos being jackfruit.The fruit is orange and has just like the jackfruit a seed all features albeit being orange in its ripe state.
This fruit is usually “brined” and makes a damn good “gojju”.Unlike in jackfruit–where seeds callled “bikkand”–I am not aware of passponos seeds being edible.I have a few recipes “konkani–GSB–Saraswat” so anyone interested e-mail.
Shilpa, this is a beautiful site and many recipes remind me a lot of my native Havyak cooking.
Thanks for sharing your recipes.
-GSTA
PS:Ratna, the first picture is not a Sitaphal (custard apple) .It’s a breadfruit, which is not even sweet. It’s used mostly like a vegetable. We know it as “dee gujje” too .(in South Canara).
All,
In the local communication language (TULU) of undivided Daksina Kananda these fruits are called
1. Jee-Gujje (
2. Pejakai (also most of us use ‘hebbalasu’ when addressing this fruit in Kannada)
2nd one is more interesting. Raw fruit is used in making Samabar (e.g. mix with Mangalore cucumber), chatneys. Peeled, cut or full pajakai is preserved by adding salt in clay vessel. This is for the consumption in rainy season. Riped fruits are eaten just like jack fruit. People also consume steamed seeds.
These trees are not cultivated, grow in the forest. Wood is used in making furnitures and durable.
After reading all the comments, I have come to the conclusion that first picture whether it is called Jeev-Kadgi(DELICIOUS FOR PHODIS AND BESAN BAJE, YUMMY YUMMY !) and plenty available in NK/SK, Phillipines, Thailand , Carribean and even in Hawaii. I have seen there at St. Lucia Islnd; our resort restaurant used to cook many times fresh out of the tree and made Bajje as the Desi Cook was from Kerala NRI. Evn here in US specially in NYC, and Boston I have seen it in Desi store where owner is from Kerala, even in Houston, there is a Kerala store and I have seen him sell it. Not many Desi stores carry it because when it is freshly cut from the tree, it is hard and fresh, after three four days it gets spongy and customers who know will not buy them. Even in LA Desi stores, occasionaliy they carry it.
Second fruit is PachPonosu or different people may call different name. It has round Biccand(seed unlike oval shape for original Jackfruit.I have eaten ripe as well as raw salted marinated fruit Gojju only when we visited SK for visit from Bombay).
Instead of worry about different names,I carry above pictures in my mind and visual whether it is called by different names or not.
It is the property of that fruit which counts, as water is called by 100’s of names thruout the world but when you travel, you can easily identify anywhere.
I MIGHT HAVE A PICTURE of Jeevi_Kadgi(Breadfruit) from my last year visit to Carribean and I might upload on my site.
KB
Oh…my in laws call it “Jeev Kadgi”. They are from Mulki. At our place, in Marathi we call it Neer phanas.
Hmn and the second one..I am seeing it for the first time!
Dear shilpa,
Well one of the reader Maneka, has clearly explained what both bread fruit and Palponos means in the common name and also the botanical names.
Breadfruit ( Common name)
kada chakka , sheemachakka ( Malayalam)
Artocarpus altilis ( Botanical name)
The second is :
Jungle jack( common name)
Anjili chakka, Aini chakka((malayalam)
Artoearpus hirsutus( Botanical name
She is absolutely right!
People no need to look anymore
Shilpa,
The breadfruit needs to be cooked or fried to be eaten, once ripe it cannot be eaten. Small birds and animals are attracted towards it, likes squirrels bats etc.
The other Palponos or Wild/jungle jack is called so because it is found in the wild but some peole like me have planted it and trying to grow in the garden, alas it takes a long time to fruit. This fruit is eaten both cooked and after it is ripe. The inside is exactly the same like the jackfruit but orange in colour when ripe, but is a miniature of the jackfruit. Durian looks similar but is absolutely different and it attributes its origin to Malaysia etc
Hi Shilpa,
all the info was great but how about one recipe using this fruit???
I heard people make bajjis using this fruit. I’ve never bought one till date. could you pls tell me which part is used for the same and if possible, the recipe tooo. I want to use this fruit atleast from now on.
thanks in advance.
Regards,
Meena
Shilpa: Please search “breadfruit” in the search box. You will find the recipes. There are many recipes with it on the blog. Also check our phodi.
well in my country the first fruit is called mapen and the second one with the spike is called pan de fruta there are both very good
well what we do with the first fruit you coud cut it in slice and fries or boiled either way the second one you have to cut it and take the brown seed from the inside and boiled with salt and when they are boile you open the seed and eat what is inside is very good
Konkanis setlled in kerala call the first one ‘lande gudgo’ or simply ‘gudgo’ and the second ‘pat ponosu’. The malayalam names are ‘kada chakka’ or ’seema chakka’ and ‘anjili chakka’ respectively.
Hi shilpa!
I am from madras.In tamil bread fruit is called “pala musu”.hope u keep getting names for a long time