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Artocarpus sericicarpus (pedalai)

Wikipedia Abstract

Artocarpus sericarpus or pedalai, gumihan or terap bulu is a tropical evergreen tree species of the family Moraceae. It is the cousin of jackfruit and breadfruit. The tree originates from northern Borneo (Sarawak), Malaysia (Sabah), the Philippines and Indonesia (Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and is most commonly found in humid tropics with a mild monsoon climate, occurring in tropical evergreen forests at 500–1,000 m elevation. It is also occasionally found in steep, clayey hillsides of inland areas. The discovery date is not clear as it is listed as 1959 in one book and 1961 in the other.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0