Moraceae FAMILY

Artocarpus anisophyllus

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Entawak is an evergreen mid-canopy tree; it can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 90cm in diameter with spreading buttresses up to 250cm high[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. , 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The edible fruit is greatly appreciated in the plant's native range, where it is often harvested from the wild and also occasionally cultivated[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. ]. The plant is also harvested from the wild for its wood, a source of 'keledang' timber, which is traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatUndisturbed or slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 700 metres[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ]. Found on alluvial sites near rivers and streams, but also on hillsides and ridges. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ].