Artocarpus sepicanus

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Artocarpus sepicanus

Description

Tree up to 40 m tall, evergreen, sometimes with buttresses; bark flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules fully amplexicaul, 1-3 cm long, glabrous, caducous. stamen c. 1 mm long, anther c. 0.4 mm long; fruits ellipsoid, c. 0.5 cm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present
New Guinea.

Morphology

This species is characterised by the exfoliating epidermis of the petiole and the glabrous vegetative parts.

Citation

F.M. Jarrett 1959 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 40: 362