Artocarpus odoratissima Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837)
Latin for 'smelling very nice'.

Synonyms
Artocarpus mutabilis Becc., Artocarpus tarap Becc.

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 39 m tall and 45 cm dbh. Stem with white sap. Stipules ca. 30 mm long, hairy. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, hairy below, feeling like sand-paper. Flowers ca. 0.5 mm diameter, yellowish, flowers fused into globose flower body. Fruits ca. 160 mm long, yellowish-brown, warty syncarp with seeds in white-yellow flesh.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp forest up to 800 m altitude. On alluvial sites near streams and rivers and hillsides and ridges. On sandy to clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Leaves used magically to drive away evil female spirits. Fruits are edible.

Distribution
Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo (throughout the island).

Local names in Borneo
Benturung, Jarap hutan, Kian, Pi-ien, Pingan, Terap, Timadang.