Artocarpus elasticus

Artocarpus elasticus (family Moraceae) commonly called terap nasi or terap,[2] is a rainforest tree of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, growing to up to 45 metres (150 ft) 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[3] by about 1.2 metres (4 ft) in width. These emerge from leaf buds as long as 18 centimetres (7 in).[4] 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
Leaves and fruit, Jogyakarta, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Artocarpus
Species:
A. elasticus
Binomial name
Artocarpus elasticus

References
  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2018). "Artocarpus elasticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61220310A135759076. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. Ken Fern (2014). "Artocarpus elasticus". Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. Corner, E.J.H. (1964). The Life of Plants. London: Weldenfeld and Nicolson. pp. 156 plus photo plate 16b.
  4. Ng, F.S.P. Ph.D. (1978). "Tree Flora of Malaya III". Malayan Forest Record. 1 (26): 126.
  5. Tree Flora of Malaya op.cit.
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