Breadfruit

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family (moraceae) originated in the south pacific and eventually spreading to the rest of Oceania, British and French navigators introduced a few Polynesian seedless varieties to Caribbean islands during the 18th century and today it is grown in some 90 countries throughout south and southeast Asia, the pacific ocean, the Caribbean, central America and Africa. It's name is derived from the texture of the moderately ripe fruit when cooked, similar to freshly baked bread and having a potato-like flavour.
                                 Kingdom - Plantae
                                   (unranked) - Angiosperms
                                      (unranked) - Eudicots
                                         (unranked) - Rosids
                                           Order - Rosales
                                              Family - Moraceae
                                                  Tribe - Artocarpeae
                                                   Genus - Artocarpus
                                                     Species - A.altilis
 According to DNA fingerprinting studies, breadfruit has it's origin in the region of Oceania from New Guinea through the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago to western Micronesia. The trees have been widely planted  in tropical regions elsewhere, including lowland central America, northern south America, and the Caribbean. In addition to the fruit serving as a staple food many in many cultures, the trees' light, sturdy timber has been used for outriggers, ships and houses in the tropics.
                                  History
Because breadfruit dispersal across Oceania was dependent on human seafaring, botanical research has co-related with the human colonization of Oceania, resulting in a theory that humans brought brought breadfruit seeds from Melanesia to settle in Polynesia and  Micronesia over thousand of years.
  Sir Joseph Banks and others saw the value of breadfruit as a highly productive food in 1796, when stationed  in Tahiti as part of the endeavour expedition commanded by captain James Cook. The later 18th-century quest for cheap, high energy food sources for slaves in British colonies prompted colonial administrators and plantation owners to call for the plant to be brought to the Caribbean. As president of the Royal Society, Banks provided a cash bounty and gold medal for success in this endeavour  and successfully lobbied his friends in government and the Admiralty for a British Naval expedition. In 1787, William High was appointed captain of the HMS Bounty, and ordered to proceed to the south pacific to collect plants. In 1791 Bligh commanded a second expendition  with the providence and the Assistant, which collected seedless breadfruit plants in Tahiti and transported these to  St.Helena in the Atlantic, and St.Vincent and and Jamaica in the west Indies. Although Bligh won the royal society medal for his efforts, the introduction was not entirely successful as most slaves refused to eat new food.