Artocarpus anisophyllus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Artocarpus anisophyllus Miq.

Protologue: Fl. Ind. Bat., Suppl.: 422 (1861).

Synonyms

• Artocarpus klidang Boerl. (1900),
• Artocarpus superbus Becc. (1902).

Vernacular names

• Brunei: tarapikal
• Indonesia: bakil (Sumatra, Kalimantan), mentawa, pupuan (Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: keledang babi (Peninsular), bintawak (Sarawak).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and intervening islands.

Uses

A. anisophyllus is an important source of keledang timber in Borneo and is used for e.g. tool handles. The fruits are reported to be edible.

Observations

• A medium-sized to large evergreen tree up to 45 m tall, bole up to 60 cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 2.5 m high.
• Leaves imparipinnate with 5-12 pairs of oblong to ovate-lanceolate leaflets, these with a rounded base, glabrous, with 7-20 pairs of secondary veins, stipules amplexicaul.
• Male head ellipsoid-oblong, 15-20 mm across, on a 50-65 mm long peduncle; styles in female head simple; syncarp subglobose, c. 8 cm across, with cylindrical, rigid, shallowly fluted, minutely punctate processes, glabrous.

A. anisophyllus occurs scattered in evergreen forest up to 1200 m altitude. The density of the wood is 560-920 kg/³at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

69, 77, 234, 262, 465, 474, 595, 705, 734.

Main genus page

• Artocarpus (PROSEA Timbers)

Authors

M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)