Artocarpus elasticus

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Artocarpus elasticus

Artocarpus elasticus of the Mulberry Family (Moraceae) and commonly called terap nasi or terap,[2] is a rainforest tree of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, growing up to 45 metres (150 ft) (occasionally as much as 214 feet (65 meters))[3] 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[4] by about 1.2 metres (4 ft) in width. The stipules are up to eight inches (twenty centimeters) long,[3] among the largest known. These leaves emerge from leaf buds as long as 18 centimetres (7 in).[5] 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.

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Artocarpus elasticus
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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
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