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Unripe Artocarpus harel bharel fruit and peaches at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi's early summer heat Unripe bharel fruit and peaches at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi's early summer heat An Indian man eats Barhel or Lakoocha fruit in Delhi. Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey fruit, or Monkey Jack or Barhar / Badhal is a tropical evergreen tree species of the Moraceae family. It is distributed throughout the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The tree is valued for its wood; its fruit is edible and is believed to have medicinal value. The stilbenoid oxyresveratrol can be isolated from the heartwood of A. lakoocha as well as in Puag Haad, the light brown powder obtained from the aqueous extract of the wood chips of A. lakoocha Roxb by boiling, then slow evaporation, followed by coolin