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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 67

  • Scientific Name: Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk
  • Family: Moraceae
  • Trade Name: Jack
  • Common Name: Plavu
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: പ്ലാവ്
  • Native: South West India
  • Specimen from: Aramba, Kallar Range (Achenkovil)
  • State & Region: Kerala, India
  • Date of Collection: Friday, February 14, 1986
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat, K. V. Bhat & P. K. Thulasidas
  • General Characteristics: A large deciduous tree about 8-25 m in height with greyish-brown bark. The leaves are coriaceous and glossy, the tree bears multiple fruits consisting of several achenes (syncarp), each indehiscent and one-seeded. They are the largest tree-borne fruits in
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth rings Indistinct. Vessels diffuse-porous,very large to large, few, mostly solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or 3; often filled with tyloses or chalky deposits.Rays moderately broad to fine, fairly wide spaced.
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