Consider the following trees : 1. Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) 2. Mahua (Madhuca indica) 3. Teak (Tectona grandis) How many of the above are deciduous trees?

Lists jackfruit among the 'more common trees' of Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests, a vegetation type characterized by tall, straight evergreen trees.

A student could note that species typical of wet-evergreen forests are usually evergreen and therefore check whether jackfruit's native habitats (e.g., Western Ghats, Andaman) have evergreen climates implying evergreen habit.

Table explicitly names jackfruit as a species of Tropical Wet-evergreen Forests (alongside other evergreen taxa).

Combine this with the definition of evergreen (snippet 3) to infer jackfruit is more likely evergreen than deciduous in its core range; verify by checking leaf-shedding behavior in those climates.

Gives a clear rule: evergreen trees do not lose all their leaves at any time, while deciduous trees shed leaves seasonally (cold or dry seasons).

Use this definition to classify jackfruit by observing whether it ever becomes completely leafless in its native climates (information to be sought externally).

Explains that in regions with a marked dry period, broad-leaved tropical trees are 'normally deciduous' to avoid drought stress.

A student can map jackfruit's distribution against monsoon/dry-deciduous regions vs wet-evergreen regions to predict whether it behaves as deciduous in drier parts of its range.

States savanna and long dry-season climates force trees to be deciduous to reduce transpiration — an example of climate driving leaf-shedding habit.

Use this climate–leaf habit principle to hypothesize that jackfruit would be deciduous only if it occurs naturally in strong dry-season (savanna/monsoon-deciduous) environments; otherwise likely evergreen.