Artocarpus elasticus


Artocarpus elasticus of the Mulberry Family and commonly called terap nasi or terap, is a rainforest tree of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, growing up to in height with a diameter at breast height of about. The juvenile trees are noteworthy for producing a rosette of enormous deeply lobed leaves similar in shape to those of the white oak, but up to long by about in width. The stipules are up to eight inches long, among the largest known. These leaves emerge from leaf buds as long as. The trees are dioecious. It produces a fruit like a small breadfruit. The male capitulae produce clouds of pollen, and pollenisation is apparently by wind.