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artocarpus_anisophyllus
Artocarpus anisophyllus
Family: Moraceae
Synonym: Artocarpus klidang, Artocarpus superba
Other names: Entawak, Mentawa
Bintawa is a fruit from Southeast Asia. It is native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and intermediate islands and grows in lowland forests. It is basically a fruit for tropical climates.
Bintawa is found in wild growth. Trees are sometimes planted too, but this is not a common practice.
Description:
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall; barrel dark gray, smooth with folded bark having buttresses spread 2.5 m high.
Pinnate leaves composed, 30-90 cm long and with leaflets of two different sizes; in total, there are 8-12 pairs of leaflets, with small leaflets alternately arranged with larger ones; Glabrous leaf and leaflets have an uneven base.
Flowers 2 mm wide, yellowish, placed in an elongated inflorescence, compressed and fused.
Fruit A globular fruit, 110 mm in diameter, yellowish brown, thorny bark, thick, blunted thorns, orange-yellow flesh.
Seeds many, edible.
Use :
The fruits are harvested from the trees when they are still firm and stored at room temperature where they ripen in a few days. They taste like cooked pumpkin and are eaten by local people. The seeds are also edible.
Ripe fruit of bintawa
Wood is used for many purposes. The bark is used locally as rope for backpacks. The leaves are burned and mixed with coconut oil used against boils and itching.
Culture :
As already mentioned, Bintawa fruits are mainly harvested from nature only. If trees are to be planted, these are just seeds.
Family: Moraceae
Synonym: Artocarpus klidang, Artocarpus superba
Other names: Entawak, Mentawa
Bintawa is a fruit from Southeast Asia. It is native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and intermediate islands and grows in lowland forests. It is basically a fruit for tropical climates.
Bintawa is found in wild growth. Trees are sometimes planted too, but this is not a common practice.
Description:
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall; barrel dark gray, smooth with folded bark having buttresses spread 2.5 m high.
Pinnate leaves composed, 30-90 cm long and with leaflets of two different sizes; in total, there are 8-12 pairs of leaflets, with small leaflets alternately arranged with larger ones; Glabrous leaf and leaflets have an uneven base.
Flowers 2 mm wide, yellowish, placed in an elongated inflorescence, compressed and fused.
Fruit A globular fruit, 110 mm in diameter, yellowish brown, thorny bark, thick, blunted thorns, orange-yellow flesh.
Seeds many, edible.
Use :
The fruits are harvested from the trees when they are still firm and stored at room temperature where they ripen in a few days. They taste like cooked pumpkin and are eaten by local people. The seeds are also edible.
Ripe fruit of bintawa
Wood is used for many purposes. The bark is used locally as rope for backpacks. The leaves are burned and mixed with coconut oil used against boils and itching.
Culture :
As already mentioned, Bintawa fruits are mainly harvested from nature only. If trees are to be planted, these are just seeds.
