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NTBG Plant Name:
Artocarpus altilis 'Lemai 2'
Barcode:
PTBG1000019752
Specimen ID:
057800
Collector ID:
310
Collector Name:
Diane Ragone
Collection Date:
July 13, 1987
Herbarium Name:
PTBG
Observers:
Charles Frear
Region:
Micronesia
Country:
MP
Island Group:
MARIANA ISLANDS
Island:
Saipan
Locality:
Asteo Village. Ben Boya's yard.
Num Duplicates:
Sheet 1 of 2
Plant Category:
dicot
Plant Description:
Fruits very large, oval with stout (8 cm) stalk deeply inserted into raised neck of elongated sections. Yellow green, relatively smooth with irregularly raised, flattened section. Immature fruits rough with hard, raised rounded sections. Yellow flesh with no latex when cut. No seeds. Large leaves moderately dissected with 2-4, mostly three pairs of lobes with slightly undulate margins and a very large tip. Dull brittle, smooth blade with yellow veins. No hairs on upper or lower veins. Tree ~15 m tall, planted 1930.
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Ethnobotany: Cooks well. Processing of lemae is done on Saipan where breadfruit chips are processed and packaged for sale.
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Comments:
Sheet 1 of 2
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023