Artocarpus lanceifolius

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Description

Tree up to 35 m tall, evergreen. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules fully amplexicaul, 1-4.5 cm long, brown appressedly puberulous, caducous. stamen 3-3.5 mm long, anther c. 0.3 mm long; fruits ellipsoid, 1-1.5 cm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), north-eastern present

Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo (north-eastern).

Taxonomy

The material from Borneo, recognised by Jarrett (1959) as a distinct subspecies, differs slightly from that from Thailand, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula, in the usually more slender petioles and persistent interfloral bracts of the pistillate inflorescence.

Uses

The pulp around seeds is eaten by man.

Citation

Trécul 1847 – In: Ann. Sci. Nat.: 122

Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 366

Roxb. 1889: p. 13. – In: Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta): t. 11

Kochummen 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 2001

Wight 1843 – In: Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.: t. 679

Kochummen 1978: p. 129. – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: t. 5

Corner 1940: Wayside Trees Malaya: 656: t. 197

King 1888 – In: Hook.f., Fl Brit. Ind. 5: 543

Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 256

Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 354

Foxworthy 1927: p. 128. – In: Malayan Forest Rec.: with plates

Corner 1988: p. 519. – In: Wayside Trees Malaya, ed. 3: t. 157, 160

F.M. Jarrett 1959 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 40: 140