Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

  • Filed As

    Moraceae
    Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 415, Dec 1913

  • Location

    Philippines. Camarines Povince, Luzon, low and medium altitudes,.

  • Description

    Common and widely distributed; certainly introduced but of prehistoric introduction; widely known as nanca or lanca.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4371590

    Occurrence ID: f0011118-9742-48b3-b786-9bf5fddde769

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • Locality

    Camarines Povince, Luzon, low and medium altitudes,

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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Artocarpus maxima Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 669 (Arctocarpus) (sp.
nov.) = Artocarpus integrlfolia Linn, f.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845)
466; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 76 = ARTOCARPUS INTEGRA (Thunb.) Merr.
Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 190.
This is common and widely districted in the Philippines at
low and medium altitudes in cultivation; certainly introduced,
but of prehistoric introduction. Widely known as nanca or
lanca in the Philippines.
Illustrative specimen from Camarines Province, Luzon, Decem-
ber, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. U15).