Artocarpus brevipedunculatus
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Description
Tree up to 25 m tall, evergreen.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 0.5-1 cm, brown strigillose or sometimes hirtellous, caducous.
stamen c. 1.5 mm long, anther c. 0.2 mm long;
fruits ellipsoid, 1-1.5 cm long.
Taxonomy
The material included in this species was initially referred to a subspecies of A. melinoxylus which was included in the synonymy of A. chama Buch.-Ham. (see ), a species ranging from Sikkim to Vietnam or part of a more broadly construed species, see note under A. hispidus. Artocarpus brevipedunculatus differs from A. chama (s.str.) in the cuneate to obtuse base of the lamina, the absence of ramification of the lateral veins, the shorter stipules and peduncles.