Record Number
3975
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(2): Timber trees; Minor commercial timbers
Taxon
Artocarpus ovatus Blanco
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Artocarpus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Artocarpus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Fl. Filip.: 666 (1837).
Synonyms
Artocarpus cumingiana Trécul (1847), Artocarpus acuminatissimus Merr. (1921).
Vernacular Names
Philippines: anubing (general), kubi (Cagayan), kili-kili (Samar, Leyte).
Distribution
Throughout the Philippines.
Uses
The wood is used as keledang for purposes requiring strength and durability such as house posts, telegraph poles and bridges. The bark has been applied against stomach-ache. The latex is a source of anubing gum.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 100(—125) cm in diameter; leaves oblong to obovate-oblong or elliptical, base cordate to rounded, glabrous or pubescent on the main veins above, sparsely to densely pubescent on the veins below, with 11—20 pairs of secondary veins, stipules not amplexicaul; male head obovoid, 10—15 mm across, on a (15—)20—40 mm long peduncle; styles in female head simple; syncarp subglobose and shallowly lobed, up to 3 cm across, smooth, shortly pubescent. Artocarpus ovatus is fairly common in lowland forest and shrubby vegetations up to 750 m altitude. The density of the wood is 550—970 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected Sources
[68]Brown, W.H., 1951–1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941–1943 edition. 3 volumes. Technical Bulletin 10. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Bureau of Printing, Manila.
[175]Foxworthy, F.W., 1927. Commercial timber trees of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Forest Records No 3. Forest Department, Kuala Lumpur. 185 pp.
[263]Jarrett, F.M., 1960. Studies in Artocarpus and allied genera, IV. A revision of Artocarpus subgenus Pseudojaca. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 41: 73–109, 111–140.
[330]Kraemer, J.H., 1951. Trees of the western Pacific region. Tri-State Offset Company, Cincinnatti. 436 pp.
[527]Reyes, L.J., 1938. Philippine woods. Technical Bulletin No 7. Commonwealth of the Philippines, Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Bureau of Printing, Manila. 536 pp. + 88 plates.
[544]Salvosa, F.M., 1963. Lexicon of Philippine trees. Bulletin No. 1. Forest Poducts Research Institute, College, Laguna. 136 pp.
[175]Foxworthy, F.W., 1927. Commercial timber trees of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Forest Records No 3. Forest Department, Kuala Lumpur. 185 pp.
[263]Jarrett, F.M., 1960. Studies in Artocarpus and allied genera, IV. A revision of Artocarpus subgenus Pseudojaca. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 41: 73–109, 111–140.
[330]Kraemer, J.H., 1951. Trees of the western Pacific region. Tri-State Offset Company, Cincinnatti. 436 pp.
[527]Reyes, L.J., 1938. Philippine woods. Technical Bulletin No 7. Commonwealth of the Philippines, Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Bureau of Printing, Manila. 536 pp. + 88 plates.
[544]Salvosa, F.M., 1963. Lexicon of Philippine trees. Bulletin No. 1. Forest Poducts Research Institute, College, Laguna. 136 pp.
Author(s)
T. Djarwaningsih
Correct Citation of this Article
Djarwaningsih, T., 1995. Artocarpus ovatus Blanco. In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerianegara, I. and Wong, W.C. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2): Timber trees; Minor commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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