Artocarpus longifolius Becc.,
For. Borneo (1902)
Latin for 'long leaves'.
Description
Understorey tree up to 19 m tall and 27 cm dbh. Stem with white sap.
Stipules ca. 4 mm long, hairy. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, hairy
below, feeling like sand-paper. Flowers ca. 0.5 mm diameter, yellowish, flowers
fused into a globose flower body. Fruits probably ca. 60 mm diameter,
yellow-brown, syncarp with many seeds within flesh.
Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp and keranga forests
up to 100 m altitude. On hillsides and ridges with sandy soils. In secondary
forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, Central- and East-Kalimantan).
Local names in Borneo
Selangking.
