Artocarpus elasticus
Artocarpus elasticus of the Mulberry Family (Moraceae) and commonly called terap nasi or terap,[2] is a rainforest tree of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, growing up to 45 metres (150 ft) (occasionally as much as 214 feet (65 meters))[3] in height with a diameter at breast height of about 1 metre (3 ft). The juvenile trees are noteworthy for producing a rosette of enormous deeply lobed leaves similar in shape to those of the white oak (Quercus alba), but up to 2 metres (6 ft) long[4] by about 1.2 metres (4 ft) in width. The stipules are up to eight inches (twenty centimeters) long,[5] among the largest known. These leaves emerge from leaf buds as long as 18 centimetres (7 in).[6] The trees are dioecious (male and female flowers on separate trees).[7] It produces a fruit like a small breadfruit. The male capitulae produce clouds of pollen, and pollenisation is apparently by wind.
Artocarpus elasticus | |
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Leaves and fruit, Jogyakarta, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Genus: | Artocarpus |
Species: | A. elasticus |
Binomial name | |
Artocarpus elasticus | |
References
- Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2018). "Artocarpus elasticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61220310A135759076. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- Ken Fern (2014). "Artocarpus elasticus". Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- "PROSEA - Plant Resources of South East Asia". Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- Corner, E.J.H. (1964). The Life of Plants. London: Weldenfeld and Nicolson. pp. 156 plus photo plate 16b.
- PROSEA loc. cit.
- Ng, F.S.P. Ph.D. (1978). "Tree Flora of Malaya III". Malayan Forest Record. 1 (26): 126.
- Tree Flora of Malaya op.cit.