Artocarpus chaplasha Roxb.

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Artocarpus asperulus Gagnep.; Artocarpus melinoxylus Gagnep.; Ficus chrysophthalma (Miq.) Miq.; Urostigma chrysopthalmum Miq.; Saccus calophyllus (J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt) Kuntze; Saccus chaplasha (Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artocarpus chama Buch.-Ham.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Nipam-bangs (Adi)
    • Sam (Assamese)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Large, strongly buttressed, deciduous trees, 30-50 m high; Leaves broadly obovate or ovate-elliptic, cuspidate, subcordate at base, pubescent beneath; Flowers in globose receptacles; Fruits globose, peduncled, tubercled, greenish to yellow.
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 254
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 388-389
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Artocarpus chaplasha. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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