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Monkey jack or monkey fruit
Artocarpus lacucha
About
Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey jack or monkey fruit, is a tropical evergreen tree species of the family Moraceae. It is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The tree is valued for its wood; its fruit is edible and is believed to have medicinal value. In Northeastern Thailand, the wood is used to make pong lang, a local traditional instrument.
- Family
- Moraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Artocarpus lacucha
- Slug
- artocarpus-lacucha
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Artocarpus
- Species
- lacucha
- Wikidata QID
- Q759430
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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