3. Aetocabpus.] 64. MORACEJE. [4* Ficui. 



3. Artocarpng, Forst. 



Trees with large coriaceous leaves, those of seedling* 

 often quite different from the adult, being usually deeply 

 lobed or pinnatifid while the adult are usually entire. 

 Stipules leaving a circular scar, very large and coriaceous 

 and sheathing the inflorescence on flowering shoots, or small 

 in some species. Perianth of male 2-4-lobed or -partite, of 

 F. tubular, sunk in the receptacle. 



1. A. Lakoocha, Boxb. Daho, Dahu 2L, 8., S. 



A mod.-sized tree with large ell. or ovate obtuse or shortly 

 acuminate leaves 6-10". M. inflorescence ellipsoid or globose 

 I" diam. deciduoas. F. inflor. irregularly sub-globose 2-4*. 



Frequent in villages throughout the area ; truly wild in the Saranda 

 hills, Singbhum ; in the Manbhum forests, Camp* ; Ranchi (Damuda- 

 ghats) ; Hazaribagh (Parasnath). Sub-deciduous March. Ho. and new lea/ 

 April. Fr. May and Oct.-Nov. (There appears to be two periods). 



Branchlets tomentose. L. pubescent or tomentose beneath with 8-12 

 pre. of sec. n. Petiole £-1". Stvpules %' t lanceolate. The fruit is eaten. 



2. A. illtegrifolia, L. Poros, K. {fide Gamble) ; Kathal, 

 E. ; Kauthar, if., S. The Jack-fruit. 



Cultivated throughout the area, but not growing well in the drier parts 

 of Singbhum and Palamau ; abundant on the plateaux and the S.P . The 

 wood largely used for the large native drums (dumung). Fls. Decr.-Feby. 

 Fr. r.8. 



A native of the Western Ghats. 



On flowering shoots eaoh pair of large conttupiicate stipules bears a 

 naked inflorescence.'a lateral bud, and the succeeding leaf and its stipules, 

 the bud continues the branching in a similar manner, and so does the 

 succeeding leaf, so that the Jack fruits are complicate^ panicled. 



4. Ficus, L. Fig. 



Trees or shrubs, often epiphytic when young, sometimes 

 scandent. Stipules sheathing the bnd and leaving a circalar 

 scar on falling. Mouth of recept closed by bracts. Fls. 

 mon-rarely di-oecious and recepts usually^ androgynous. 



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