Artocarpus styracifolius
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Two-coloured jackfruit
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Source: WikipediaArtocarpus styracifolius, also known as two-coloured jackfruit, is a plant of the Moraceae family. It is native to South-Central and Southeast China, Hainan (China), Laos, and Vietnam.
Description
A large evergreen tree. It grows 20-25 m tall. The trunk can be 80 cm across. The bark is dark grey and coarse. The young branches are covered with dense white hairs. The leaf stalk is 0.8-1.4 mm long. The leaf blade is oblong and 4-8 cm long by 2.5-3 cm wide. They have lobes. The leaves are papery to leathery. Flowers are of separate sexes on the one tree. They occur singly in the axils of leaves. The male flowering stalk is oblong and 6-12 mm long by 4-7 mm wide. It is densely covered with greyish white hairs. The fruit is yellow and reddish brown when dry. It is round and about 4 cm across. The fruit contains many small seeds.
Edible Uses
The fruit is used for jam. The root bark is also edible.
Traditional Uses
The fruit is used for jam.
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Medicinal Uses
The fruits of are widely cultivated in China to make jam and wine. The roots are documented as being used in folk medicine to treat rheumatism, psoatic strain, rheumatic heart disease, diabetes, and hemiplegic paralysis.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest and tropical monsoon forest. It is usually below 1,000 m altitude. In China it grows in forests between 200-1500 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Indochina, Laos, SE Asia, Vietnam,
Cultivation
It grows easily from seeds.
Other Uses
The wood is used for making furniture.
Notes
There are about 50 Artocarpus species. They are in the tropics and subtropics of Asia and the Pacific.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Chay, Chay la bo de, Er se bo luo mi, Vo khoai
References (7)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 690
- Flora of China.
- Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, 1996, Vietnam Forest Trees. Agriculture Publishing House p 532
- Hu, Shiu-ying, 2005, Food Plants of China. The Chinese University Press. p 355
- McElwee, P. D., 2010, Resource Use Among Rural Agricultural Households Near Protected Area in Vietnam: The Social Costs of Conservation and Implications for Enforcement. Environmental Management 45:113-131
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- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 40
- www.eFloras.org Flora of China
