Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world — a single knobbly green-to-yellow fruit can weigh up to about 35 kg (80 lb) and reach nearly a metre long. Inside its rind sit dozens of sweet, golden, fragrant bulbs, each wrapped around a large seed. Ripe, it is intensely sweet and tropical — a banana, pineapple and bubblegum perfume over a faintly oniony-sulfurous base — and eaten out of hand or in desserts; unripe (green) jackfruit is bland, starchy and fibrous, and because its cooked flesh pulls apart in tender shreds it has become the best-known plant-based stand-in for pulled pork. The boiled seeds are eaten too, tasting like a cross between a chestnut and a potato.