Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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1046.000 Artocarpus
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Description of the genus
Monoecious trees. Leaves alternate or spiral, large, stiff, entire, lobed or compound. Flowers small, numerous. Male flowers borne in oblong or club-shaped stiff spikes; perianth 2-4-lobed; stamen 1. Female flowers borne in a dense spherical or oblong head; perianth tubular, contracted at the apex; style usually exserted. Fruit an often large syncarp, echinate or prickly (in ours). Seeds large, embedded in the flesh of the fruit. Derivation of name: from the Greek artos bread and carpos fruit, referring to Artocarpus altilis, the Breadfruit. Worldwide: Native to India. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Artocarpus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Artocarpus
JSTOR Plant Science: Artocarpus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Artocarpus
Plants of the World Online: Artocarpus
Tropicos: Artocarpus
Wikipedia: Artocarpus
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