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Artocarpus ID?
« on: February 22, 2021, 04:25:47 PM »
Hi folks,

Can anyone help ID this tree?  It's about three years old and has sandpaper-like leaves.  Perhaps a variety of breadfruit or other Artocarpus?  Thank you.







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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2021, 05:29:08 PM »
Looks like ? Artocarpus camensi or ? Artocarpus altilis. Triphal

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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2021, 08:45:56 PM »
This is almost useless but I can tell you what it looks like to be not
Breadfruit
Jak fruit
Kwai muk
Lakoocha
Chempedak
Marang
So probably not any of these
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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2021, 08:53:48 PM »
It looks to be a pedalai. Breadfruit have darker leaves, and in the pictures, the leaf lobes are more round compared to a breadfruit.

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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2021, 10:04:08 PM »
My vote is for juvenile pedalai (Artocarpus Sericicarpus)!
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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2021, 10:07:20 PM »
Thanks folks!  If it's Pedalai, that's the best news I've heard all day!  Just looked up some examples online and it sure appears to be Artocarpus sericicarpus.  Fingers crossed I see hairy, Marang-like fruits on there one day soon! 

Much appreciated! 

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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2021, 10:19:50 PM »
Here’s a pic of a seedling and one that’s a couple years older. Leaves are kinda busted up but hope it helps.




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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2021, 12:21:38 AM »
Thanks a ton.  I feel like I just hit the forest jackpot.  Pedalai’s been on my list of trees to grow, and it sounds like it’s been here in front of me all along.  Thanks for helping to ID this beauty!  Happy to share seeds when she bears fruits. 

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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2021, 05:36:58 AM »
Juvenile foliage varies a bit within species of Artocarpus. Pedalai is the most likely but there are 4 or 5 other contenders like sparrow jack and utu.

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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2021, 11:22:32 AM »
I appreciate it.  Excited to watch this one grow and hopefully fruit one day. 

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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2021, 12:07:38 AM »
Does anyone have a photo of a young Cempedek they can share?  Curious if Cempedek is a real contender as the plant ID after all.  Tricky these juvenile Artocarpus leaf patterns that mirror each other in some ways..  Thank you. 

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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2021, 02:54:45 AM »
Chempadak is much like jackfruit and I won't go to the yard and take a pic. Zero chance you seedling is a chempa.

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Re: Artocarpus ID?
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2021, 11:52:33 AM »
Roger that.  Fingers crossed it’s a Pedalai tree well on its way to fruiting.  I’ll post once I know for sure.  Thank you!

 

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