Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

i/
At
BREADFRUIT OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Fefelo	MORACEAE
Artocarpus altilis Parkinson (Fosberg)
American Samoa	Olosega Island
Agroforest behind Olosega village.
Canopy of Artocarpus altilis, Gww nucifera, with bananas Musax paradisica, Manihot
esculenta, Colocasia esculenta,	macrorrhiza, few Pandanus tectorius, Bischofia
javonica ' Clerodendrum buchanii, Dioscorea bulbifera, numerous Epipremnum
pinnatum Christella harveyi, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Synedrella nodiflora, Oplismenus
composims, and Mikania micrantha. Seedlings and juveniles of Morinda citrifolia,
Dysoxylum samoense, and Ficus scabra.
Small tree -5 m- Fruits oblong, pale yellow-green when mature. Full size to mature,
relatively smooth. Leaves symmetrical, moderately to deeply dissected with narrow lobes
and pointed tip. Dark, glossy, smooth flexible blade with green veins. Moderate number
of very short white hairs on upper veins, underside slighdy rough.
Diane Ragone 672 20 June 2001 14.10.635S 169.37.354W -5 m Cultivated
Cynthia Nazario, Matisse Clyde, Sani Fa’afUata
NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (PTBG)
04371466