Vasilis Teodoridis:
Moraceae | Artocarpus
10a. Artocarpus nitidus subsp. lingnanensis (Merrill) F. M. Jarrett; J. Arnold Arbor. 41: 124. 1960.
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Artocarpus lingnanensis Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 302. 1929; A. parvus Gagnepain.
Trees to 17 m tall. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic; 7-15 x 3-7 cm; thinly leathery; base cuneate to ± rounded; margin entire or irregularly shallowly toothed; apex mucronate to caudate; secondary veins 6-10 on each side of midvein; adaxially prominent. Male inflorescences capitate; obovoid; or oblong; 2.5-12 x 2.7-7 mm. Peduncle of female inflorescences 1.5-5 mm. Male flowers: calyx lobes 2-4; basally connate for 0.5-0.7 mm. Fruiting syncarp red when mature; brown when dry; ± globose; with coarse pubescence.
* Mixed forests. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; S Hunan; S Yunnan [cultivated in Cambodia; Thailand; and N Vietnam].
The fruit are edible and also used medicinally.