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Breadfuit (Artocarpus incisus), c1798. A tree with fruit with white pulp like new bread, it was introduced into the West Indies as an important food crop for plantation slaves. Captain Bligh of HMS 'Bounty' fame was given the task of transporting stock plants from the South Sea Islands. From Nature Displayed by Simeon Shaw. (London, 1823).