- Family : MORACEAE
(Mulberry Or Fig Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artocarpus zeylanicus (F.M.Jarrett) E.M.Gardner & Zerega
- Vernacular name :
- Lakucha (Sanskrit)
- Vate huli mara (Kannada)
- Chima, Kattukadaplavu, Pulichakka, Theetiplavu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Planted. Frequent near human habitations and in forests. Fruit is edible. Timber is used for a variety of purposes. A fodder tree in Nepal.
- Key identification features : A large deciduous trees growing up to 20m. Bark dark grey or purplish, exfoliating, young parts of the plants are grey or rusty tomentose. Leaves are simple, leathery, ovate -oblong and grey downy underneath, Fruit is smooth and globose.
- Flower, Fruit : January-April
- Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, Cecil J. Saldanha, T.P.Ramamoorthy
- Collection Nos : HFP 238, KFP 1003, KFP 10978
- Collection Locality : Yettinahalla, Shiradi Ghat (Hassan)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Ernakulam district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia.
- World Distribution : South West India and Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Artocarpus gomezianus subsp. zeylanicus. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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