Artocarpus lowii

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Artocarpus lowii

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• Uses
• Citation

Description

Tree up to 25 m tall, evergreen. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules fully amplexicaul, 1-5(-8) cm long, minutely whitish appressedly puberulous, caducous. stamen c. 1.5 mm long, anther c. 0.2 mm long; fruits ellipsoid, c. 0.7 (?) cm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Eastern present

Sumatra(eastern) , Malay Peninsula.

Uses

The milk sap is greasy and used as ointment.

Citation

Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 353

King 1889: p. 10. – In: Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta): t. 7A

King 1940: Wayside Trees Malaya: 656

Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 257

Corner 1988 – In: Wayside Trees Malaya, ed. 3: 519

Corner 1939 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 10: 283

F.M. Jarrett 1959 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 40: 339

Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 131