Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

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BREADFRUIT OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Momolega	MORACEAE
Artocarpus altilis Parkinson (Fosberg)
Samoa	Savai’i Island	Saipipi Village
Tavana family compound. 100 m inland from ocean, NE oceanside corner of fale Samoa.
Fruits small, round (9.5x9 cm), similar in size to a baseball, with short stalk inserted into
very distinctive neck of one row of elongated sections with heavy scabbing around the stalk.
Smooth with very distinctive sections with star-shaped scar in center and heavy scabbing
between each section. Flesh solid, yellow with small core (5.5 cm); no latex or
discoloration when cut. Full, mostly mature fruits on tree.Large, symmetrical leaves,
shallowly dissected with four pairs of lobes with undulate margins. Dark, dull, brittle,
smooth blade with yellow-green veins.Many short white hairs on upper veins, underside
rough. Tree has rounded canopy: -6 m with two trunks branching near base, DBH 22.6
Specimen preserved in 70% alcohol before drying
Diane Ragone 646 22 July 2000 13.38.065S 172.11.806W lmelev. Cultivated
NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (PTBG)
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