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,[3] among the largest known. These leaves emerge from leaf buds as long as 18 centimetres (7 in).[5] The trees are dioecious (male and female flowers on separate trees).[5] 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 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Artocarpus |
| Species: | A. elasticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Artocarpus elasticus | |
References
edit- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. (2018). "Artocarpus elasticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61220310A135759076. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61220310A135759076.en.
- ^ Ken Fern (2014). "Artocarpus elasticus". Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b Ng, F.S.P. Ph.D. (1978). "Tree Flora of Malaya III". Malayan Forest Record. 1 (26): 126.