Artocarpus petelotii

Family: Moraceae

What it is like

A small or medium sized tree. It grows to 10-15 m tall. The trunk is 10-30 cm across. The small branches are 3-4 mm thick. The leaf stalk is 0.8-1.5 cm long. It has grey hairs. The leaf blade is narrow and oval and 9-23 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. It is papery. The base is rounded and it tapers to the tip. The flowers are of separate sexes on the one tree. The male flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves. They are 1.8-2.3 cm long by 0.5-0.7 cm wide. They have dense greyish white hairs. The fruit is green when young and becomes yellow when ripe. It is 5-6 cm long. Seeds are like Jackfruit seeds. They are 1-1.3 cm across.

There are about 50 Artocarpus species. They are in the tropics and subtropics of Asia and the Pacific.

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows in deep, humid limestone soils. In China it grows in mountain forests at about 1900 m altitude in Yunnan. In XTBG Yunnan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Indochina, SE Asia, Vietnam

How it is used for food

The fruit are eaten. The root bark is chewed with betel.

Edible parts

Fruit, root bark

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Chay cuc phuong, Duan juan mao bo luo mi

Synonyms

Artocarpus brevisericea C. Y. Wu & W. T. Wang;