Fruit trees we are looking for
Artocarpus_kemando
Artocarpus kemando Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. Suppl. (1861)
synonyms
Artocarpus brunneifolia S.Moore
Artocarpus maingayi King
Artocarpus sumatranus FMJarrett
Saccus kemting Kuntze
diagnostics
Tree with abundant white sap. Stipules large, surrounding the branches, leaving a circular scar when it fell. Leaves alternate, simple. Fruit placed on branches, small c. Diameter 4.5 cm, smooth to knobly, slightly elongated syncarp, green-yellowish.
The description
Tree up to 35 m tall, 80 cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 2.5 m high. Bark gray, smooth; inner bark white to reddish. Twigs 2-2.5 mm thick, finely pubescent with appressed reddish hairs. Stipules amplexicaul, lanceolate, acute, 0.7-2 cm long, appressedly hairy with reddish hairs. Leaves simple, spirally arranged, glabrous on the upper surface, glabrous on the underside or with short hairs and sparse hairs on the median vein and lateral veins; elliptic to oblong, 5-21 x 2-9 cm, rounded or wedge-shaped base, entire margin, plane, apex acute or obtuse; median vein above; lateral veins 9-13 pairs, looped near the edge of the leaf, distinct below, flat or faintly visible above; intercostal scalariform or reticulate nervation, visible below, faintly visible above; petiole 1-2 cm long. Inflorescences solitary or paired, axillary or on twigs behind the leaves; peduncle 0.7-3.5 cm long, pubescent. Male cylindrical heads, 2-4 cm long, wrinkled; the perianth c. 0.4 mm long, deeply bilobed; stamens c. 0.5 mm long, cylindrical filaments, anthers ellipsoids, c. 0.2 mm long. Female flowers with exserted styles. Axillary syncarps or on twigs behind the leaves, ellipsoid to subglobose, c. 4.5 x 3.5 cm, hairy, smooth or areolate surface, or covered by contiguous, low, and omboned processes, 2 to 3 mm in diameter; peduncle 1.5-5.8 cm long, pubescent. [from Flora Tree of Sabah and Sarawak]
Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 1000 m altitude. Usually on slopes and ridges with sandy to ultrabasic soils, but also in marshy habitats.
Uses
The wood is used locally to make household utensils and door or window frames. Small amounts of latex are sometimes used as a substitute for cooking coconut oil. Latex sometimes used as bird glue. The fruits are edible.