Propagating breadfruit ('ulu) by marcotting
Most cultivars of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) are seedless, so they need to be vegetatively propagated. Often new breadfruit plants come from root suckers, and a section of the entire root is transplanted. Here, a cut tree seems to be sprouting from the root collar and the shoots are being marcotted or air-layered.
Amy BH Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, Hawaii Island, Hawaii.
Propagating breadfruit ('ulu) by marcotting
Most cultivars of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) are seedless, so they need to be vegetatively propagated. Often new breadfruit plants come from root suckers, and a section of the entire root is transplanted. Here, a cut tree seems to be sprouting from the root collar and the shoots are being marcotted or air-layered.
Amy BH Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, Hawaii Island, Hawaii.