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NTBG Plant Name:
Artocarpus altilis x mariannensis 'Mei chocho'
Barcode:
PTBG1000019754
Specimen ID:
057802
Collector ID:
363
Collector Name:
Diane Ragone
Collection Date:
August 4, 1987
Herbarium Name:
PTBG
Determiner:
David H. Lorence & Elliot Gardner 2023David H. Lorence 2023
Region:
Micronesia
Country:
FM
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Island:
Nama
State:
CHUUK STATE
County:
Upper Mortlock Islands
District:
Nama Municipality
Locality:
Nama Island, Upper Mortlocks. Urev. Sealevel.
Plant Category:
dicot
Plant Description:
Fruits oblong, lumpy, asymmetrical. Dark, green, pebbly with hard raised or pyramidal sections flattened on top. Yellow flesh with seeds. Leaves entire on older branches. Leaves on young branches are shallowly dissected with 1-3 pairs of lobes on upper 1/2. Soft, smooth blade with green-yellow veins. Many appressed reddish hairs lower veins. Very large tree. NTBG acc. # 900253
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Ethnobotany: Informant: Loves Remit, Losap Municipal Office. Mei chocho is a type of seeded breadfruit. Meias. It is very common in the atolls, along with Mei koeng. It grows to a very large stature and trunk size, and is used to make canoes. It doesn't reach as massive a size when grown in the lagoon islands.
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Date of Record Creation:
December 12, 2018
Date of Last Update:
February 14, 2025