<p>A survey on seedling populations of jackfruit was conducted in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, India with an objective to select superior genotypes with small-sized fruits for the benefit of a nuclear family. Totally, 125 genotypes were identified, of which 40 genotypes were selected based on the fruit size, weighing around two to five kilograms. These forty genotypes were then evaluated consecutively three years for morphometric and quality attributes based on the IPGRI jackfruit descriptor. Among the different traits observed, tree canopy shape showed much variation (seven groups) followed by fruit shape (six groups). The principal component analysis showed that the five components were identified as significant and yielded a cumulative variation of 84.60%. The cluster analysis showed that genotypes are grouped into two distinct clusters. The cluster I showed that three groups consisted of thirteen genotypes, while cluster II showed four groups comprised of 27 genotypes. Linear regression analysis showed that the number of fruits per tree has a linear positive correlation with yield per tree, with a coefficient of 0.73. Based on the yield and yield contributing attributes and organoleptic test, the genotypes AH-11, AH-13, AH-24, AH-33 and AH-35, were found promising for the nuclear family. This study's finding suggests that these select genotypes can be commercially exploited and involved in breeding programmes to develop superior genotypes.</p>