Silviculture of Trees Artocarpus Lakoocha (Badahar)
Taxonomical Classification • Domain: Eukaryota • Kingdom: Plantae • Phylum: Spermatophyta • Subphylum: Angiospermae • Class: Dicotyledonae • Order: Urticales • Family: Moraceae • Genus: Artocarpus • Species: Artocarpus lakoocha Morphology Tree form : Lakoocha is a deciduous tree, 10-15 m tall. Branchlets are 3-6 mm thick, densely covered with stiff pale brown to yellow velvety hairs. Leaf: Alternately arranged, Elliptical leaves,2-3 cm long stalks, Leaves are large, 25-30 cm long, 15-20 cm wide, base wedge-shaped, tip blunt. Leaf margin is entire. Flower: Flowers appear on the leafless branch, unisexual-male and female, Male flowers are yellow-orange while the female is reddish. Male flower is usually, fall to the ground soon after they appear. Fruit: Fruit is a syncarp (the entire female inflorescence forms a fruit), fleshy, irregularly rounded, g
