Artocarpus glaucus Blume,
Bijdr. (1825)
Latin for 'blue-green'.
Synonyms
Artocarpus biformis Miq., Artocarpus denisoniana King,
Artocarpus glaucescens Trecul, Artocarpus glaucescens var.
tephrophylla (Miq.) Miq., Artocarpus tephrophylla Miq., Artocarpus
zollingeriana Miq.
Description
Upper canopy tree up to 43 m tall and 88 cm dbh. Stem with white sap.
Stipules ca. 4 mm long, hairy. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous.
Flowers ca. 0.5 mm diameter, green-yellowish, flowers fused into elongate flower
body. Fruits ca. 60 mm diameter, green-yellow, smooth syncarp with many seeds
within flesh.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 100 m altitude. On alluvial
sites near rivers and streams. In secondary forests usually present as a
pre-disturbance remnant.
Uses
The wood is used for house building.
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo (Sarawak,
Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan), Moluccas, Australia.
Local names in Borneo
Buruni, Galing, Tampang wangi, Telangking.
