Dewa/Monkey Jack
Monkey Jack
Scientific name: Artocarpus lacucha Buch.-Ham
Local name: Dewa
Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988)
Kingdom :Plantae
Division :Magnoliophyta
Class :Magnoliopsida
Order : Rosales
Family :Moraceae
Genus :Artocarpus
Species : A. lacucha
Botanical Description of Monkey Jack Plant
Habit: Perennial large tree
Root: Tap root system
Stem: A large deciduous tree, up to 20 m. tall with a dense crown
Leaf: Simple alternate, petiolate, lamina eliptic, ovate or obovate
Inflorescence: Plant monoecious, male and female heads born separately.
Fruit: A syncarp, globose, irregular lobed.
Chromosome number: 2n=56
Economic Importance: Fruit is edible, trunk is used as furniture.