Artocarpus gomezianus
Artocarpus gomezianus subsp. zeylanicus Jarrett (MORACEAE)
Common names
Kannada: Vate huli.      
Malayalam: Chima, Thittipilavu.
Telugu:  Nakkarenu.
English: Monkey jack.

 

 
Description: Large deciduous trees, up to 25 m tall; young shoots densely tomentose. Leaves alternate, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, up to 25 x 12 cm, truncate or subcordate at base, acuminate at apex; grey-pubescent beneath; stipules small, grey-pubescent. Flowers monoecious, in axillary, globose, shortly pedunculate heads. Stamen 1. Fruit a syncarp, smooth, fleshy, irregularly lobed. Seeds oblong.
Flowering: January – April.
Distribution: India: Found in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests.  South West India. Sometimes cultivated.
Sri Lanka.
Uses:  The sour fruit is dried and used as a substitute for tamarind in curries. Wood used for construction work, furniture and for boat building. Wood and fruits yield a yellow dye. Fruit and bark are used in lack of appetite, eye diseases and as aphrodisiac.
 

 

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