Artocarpus kemando (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Artocarpus kemando Miq.
- Protologue: Fl. Ind. Bat., Suppl.: 418 (1861).
Synonyms
Artocarpus brunneifolius S. Moore (1925).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: antarodan (Batak, Sumatra), puduk pereti (West Kalimantan), temedak ayer (Bangka)
- Malaysia: pudu, kudu, chempedak ayer (Peninsular), pudau (Sarawak).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and intervening islands.
Uses
The wood is locally used as terap or keledang, especially for household utensils and door frames. Limited amounts of the milky latex can be used as a substitute for milk in cold sauces. It tastes like coconut milk. When reduced by evaporation the latex has been mixed with wax and used for the manufacture of candles or used pure as birdlime. The fruits are edible.
Observations
- A fairly large evergreen tree up to 40 m tall, bole up to 75 cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 2.5 m high.
- Leaves elliptical to elliptical-oblong, base rounded to cuneate, glabrous above, main veins below appressed pubescent, stipules amplexicaul.
- Male head cylindrical, 3-5 mm across, on a 7-13 mm long peduncle; styles in female head simple.
- Syncarp ellipsoid, up to 2.5 cm across, nearly smooth or with low, umbonate processes, shortly pubescent.
A. kemando occurs in evergreen forest, often in swampy localities, up to 150(-450) m altitude. The density of the wood is 320-700 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
69, 77, 78, 104, 234, 262, 401, 474, 577, 705.
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Authors
M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)