Chay bac bo, Yan zhi, Wo pie
Artocarpus tonkinensis
Family: Moraceae
What it is like
A medium sized tree. It grows 20-25 m high. The trunk is 30 cm across. The bark is dark brown and coarse. The young branches are pale reddish brown and with curly bent hairs. The leaf stalk is 4-10 mm long. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 8-20 cm long by 4-10 cm wide. It is leathery. They are hairy underneath. The male flower is round and 1-1.5 cm long by 0.8-1.5 cm wide. The female flowers are round and the bracts shield shaped. The fruit are yellow when mature. They are 6.5 cm across. The fruit stalk is 3-4 cm long.
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 needs light and humidity. It usually grows below 700 m altitude. It grows on sunny mountain slopes at low elevations in S China.
Countries/locations it is found in
Asia, Cambodia, China, Indochina, Laos, SE Asia, Vietnam
How it is used for food
The ripe fruit is eaten. The sap from the stems is used as chewing gum.
Edible parts
Fruit, sap
How it is grown
Its other names
Local names
Ci gan gan nu