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Artocarpus lacucha Buch.-Ham.

[ Family : Moraceae ]

[ Synonyms : Artocarpus ficifolius W. T. Wang ; Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb.; Artocarpus mollis Miq.; Artocarpus ovatus Blanco ; Artocarpus peltatus Merr.; Saccus lakoocha (Roxb.) Kuntze ; Saccus mollis (Miq.) Kuntze ]

[ Common name (Local) : Barrar, Dewa, Barahar (Nep.) ]

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Name in other Languages :

• Bengali : Barrar, Dewa, Delo, Barahar (Nep.) | Sanskrit : Lakuch, Dahu | Hindi : Barhar, Lakucha, Dahua | Tribal : Dahu, Dau dara | English : Monkey jack, Wild Jack | Other Languages : Ilagusam (Tam.) ; Laku chamma (Tel.)

[ Trade Name : Dahua, Dephal ]

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Plant Characteristics :

Habit : Evergreen tree
Habitat & Ecology : Terrestrial, Grows in waste places, evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous forests as well as tropical himalayan region.
Occurrence : Found in rural areas and waste places through out the state. Occurs in forested sub-himalayan tract upto 1500 m.

Status : Frequent
Botanical Character : A deciduous tree with spreading dense crown, attaining 20 m in height, with straight bole and dark brown bark exfoliating in small round peels; young branchlets softly tomentose or villous. Leaves 10-30 cm by 6-20 cm, elliptic or ovate, alternate, thinly coriaceous, above glabrous or puberulous, lower surface tomentose and reticulated , young leaves sometimes serrate; nerves 8-12 pairs; petiole around 1 inch in length, pubescent, stipules short, lanceolate, pubescent. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, unisexual. Male flowers subsessile, orange yellow, pubescent; female heads shortly peduncled, oblong or globose, pubescent ; bracteoles clavate. Fruits 6-12 cm in diameter, syncarp, subglobose, shallowly lobed, surface pubescent, green, yellow when ripe. Seed many, oblong.

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Flowering & Fruiting : January--July
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Soil Character : Can grow on wide range of soil varieties.
Climate : Tropical
Propagules : Seeds
Sowing Times : July--August
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