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Artocarpus incisus
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f., Suppl. Pl. 411. 1781; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 659. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 777. 2009.
Rademachia incisa Thunb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 37: 253. 1776.
Artocarpus communis J.R. & G. Forst., Char. Gen. 103. 1776; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 277. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 376. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 430. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 374. 1989.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kadachakka, Kadapilavu, Seemaplavu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bread fruit
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 10 m high. Leaves simple, alternate; stipule 10-25 cm long, lateral; petiole 3-6 cm long, stout, brown tomentose; lamina 10-60 x 8-30 cm, broadly ovate, pinnatifid, base decurrent, apex acuminate, lobes oblong, margin of each lobes entire or dentate-serrate, chartaceous, sericeous-pubescent along the nerves above, densely beneath; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers unisexual; spikes on the main branches; male catkin: 8-20 x 1-2 cm, pendent, oblong-cylindric; flower: perianth 2 mm, glabrous, bilobed; stamen 1; filament to 2 mm; anthers oblong; female spike: 4-8 x 3-6 cm; perianth 2 mm; ovary superior, 0.2 mm, obovoid; stigma simple. Fruit a sorosis 15-20 x 10-15 cm, oblong or round, set with conical process; peduncle 4-12 cm; seeds 1.5-2.5 cm, oblong-cylindric (seed formation is very rare).
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Pacific Islands
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Valayar
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