Artocarpus chama

Artocarpus chama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Artocarpeae
Genus: Artocarpus
Subgenus: A. subg. Artocarpus
Species:
A. chama
Binomial name
Artocarpus chama
Synonyms
  • Artocarpus asperulus Gagnep.
  • Artocarpus chaplasha Roxb.
  • Artocarpus melinoxylus Gagnep.
  • Ficus chrysophthalma (Miq.) Miq.
  • Urostigma chrysopthalmum Miq.
  • Saccus calophyllus (J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt) Kuntze
  • Saccus chaplasha (Roxb.) Kuntze

Artocarpus chama[1] is a tree in the family Moraceae: a wild species of the breadfruit/jackfruit genus (Artocarpus) and may be referred to as the 'chaplaish'; its Vietnamese name is mít nài (also used for other forest species). Distribution records are from: Yunnan China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sikkim and Thailand.[2]

Names

The fruit of the tree is known as Te.brong in the Garo language.

References

  1. ^ Buchanan-Hamilton F (1826) Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 331.
  2. ^ Plants of the World Online: Artocarpus chama Buch.-Ham. (retrieved 12 August 2019)
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