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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Artocarpus scortechinii King (MORACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Terap Hitam

Description

Evergreen monecious tree to 35 m tall with strong buttresses and roundish crown. Similar to Artocarpus elasticus but leaves smaller, smooth and glabrous on upper surface and soft densely hairy on lower surface. Flower heads on leafy twigs, male finger-like, female upright, ovoid. Fruits cylindric, c. 10-12 cm long, yellow brown, not set with long soft spines.


Ecology

Common on lowland forests and open secondary forest.

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia and Lingga Islands, Sumatra.

Uses

Fruits are edible but are hardly eaten. It produces a light hardwood timber.