Artocarpus elasticus
Artocarpus elasticus (Family Moraceae) commonly called terap nasi or terap,[1] is a rainforest tree of Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines and Burma, growing to 45 meters (150 feet) in height and a DBH dbh of three feet (0.9 meters) 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 six feet (1.85 meters) long [2] by about four feet (1.2 meters) in width. These emerge from leaf buds as much as seven inches (17 centimeters) long. [3] The trees are dioecious (male and female flowers on separate trees). [4] It produces a fruit like a small breadfruit.
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| Artocarpus elasticus 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
- Ken Fern (2014). "Artocarpus elasticus". Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- Corner, E.J.H. (1964). The Life of Plants. London: Weldenfeld and Nicolson. pp. 156 plus photo plate 16b.
- Ng, F.S.P. Ph.D. (1978). "Tree Flora of Malaya III". Malayan Forest Record. 1 (26): 126.
- Tree Flora of Malaya op.cit.
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