Editing Breadfruit (section)

===Timber and other uses===

Breadfruit was widely used in a variety of ways among [[Pacific Islanders]]. Its lightweight wood ([[specific gravity]] of 0.27)<ref name="CFTH">{{cite web |url=http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Artocarpus_altilis.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030071228/http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Artocarpus_altilis.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2014 |title=ʻUlu, breadfruit |first=Elbert L. Jr. |last=Little |author2=Roger G. Skolmen |publisher=[[United States Forest Service]] |year=1989}}</ref> is resistant to [[termite]]s and [[shipworm]]s, so it is used as timber for structures and [[outrigger canoe]]s.<ref name=ntbg/> Its [[Pulp (paper)|wood pulp]] can also be used to make [[paper]], called breadfruit [[tapa cloth|''tapa'']].<ref name=ntbg/> The wood of the breadfruit tree was one of the most valuable timbers in the construction of traditional houses in [[Architecture of Samoa|Samoan architecture]].

Breadfruit contains [[phytochemical]]s having potential as an [[insect repellent]].<ref>{{cite journal|author1=A. Maxwell P. Jones |author2=Jerome A. Klun |author3=Charles L. Cantrell |author4=Diane Ragone |author5=Kamlesh R. Chauhan |author6=Paula N. Brown |author7=Susan J. Murch  |name-list-style=amp |year=2012|title=Isolation and Identification of Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) Biting Deterrent Fatty Acids from Male Inflorescences of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg)|volume=60|issue=15|pages=3867–3873|doi=10.1021/jf300101w|journal=Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry |pmid=22420541|bibcode=2012JAFC...60.3867J }}</ref><ref name="Agricultural-Research-Service">{{cite web|url=https://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/131115.htm|title=Studies Confirm Breadfruit's Ability to Repel Insects|publisher=US Department of Agriculture|author=Avant, Susan|date=15 November 2013|access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref> The parts of the fruits that are discarded can be used to feed livestock. The leaves of breadfruit trees can also be browsed by cattle.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Heuzé|first1=V.|last2=Tran|first2=G.|last3=Hassoun|first3=P.|last4=Bastianelli|first4=D.|last5=Lebas|first5=F.|year=2017|title=Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)|website=Feedipedia, a programme by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO|url=https://www.feedipedia.org/node/523}}</ref>

Breadfruit however, exudes latex upon harvesting, causing the plant sap to adhere to the surface leading to the staining of the epicarp.  Proper methods of breadfruit harvesting usually include the process of draining the latex and disposing of it. <ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Siti-Balqis |first1=Zulfigar |last2=Rosma |first2=Ahmad |last3=Kim-Teck |first3=Leow |last4=Ismail |first4=Mohd Nazri |date=2018-10-01 |title=Artocarpus altilis latex polypeptides: An insight into its fibrino(geno)lytic activity |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1878818118303955 |journal=Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology |volume=16 |pages=467–475 |doi=10.1016/j.bcab.2018.08.013 |issn=1878-8181}}</ref> Sticky white sap or latex is present in all parts of the breadfruit tree and has been used for glue, caulk, and even chewing gum. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Traditional Uses |url=https://ntbg.org/breadfruit/about-breadfruit/traditional/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=National Tropical Botanical Garden |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Native Hawaiians]] used its sticky [[latex]] to [[Birdlime|trap]] [[bird]]s, whose [[feather]]s were made into [[Feather cloak|cloaks]].<ref name="morton" />