Antipolo

Scientific name
Artocarpus blancoi
Family Name
Moraceae
Its local name in different regions
Local Name Place
Batak Batanes
Batak Cagayan
Kalo, Kolo Visayas
Kamansi Iloilo
Kamansi Bataan
Pakak Ilocos
Tipolo Sibuyan Island
Togog, Tugop Samar-Leyte
Tuyop Zambales

Conservation Status

Least Concern

IUCN

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
1/526
2/526
3/526
4/526
5/526
6/526
7/526
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Antipolo can reach up to:

Height

30 m

Diameter

60 cm

The outer bark of an antipolo tree is grayish-black; its inner bark exudes white latex
leaf characteristics are similar to Artocarpus altilis (Rimas). Leaves are simple, spirally arranged, with one to three pairs of lobes. Hairy petioles are about 8 centimeters long. Hairy stipules are about 10 centimeters long.
The flowers are minute in separate male and female axillary inflorescences. The male ones are yellowish, oblong, cylindrical, and spongy, while the female ones are spherical in shape
Fruit is ellipsoid, 10 centimeters long, 7 centimeters in diameter, ripening to yellow and orange-brown. Anthocarps are extended into 1-centimeter long, spiculate appendages. Seeds are ellipsoid, about 1 centimeter long, embedded in the fleshy part of the flesh.
0-500
A. blancoi occurs in lowland forest and thickets, in areas with a distinct dry season and an annual rainfall of 2000 mm or more
Propagated by seeds through direct sowing in loamy-soil

Seeds

Cuttings

A. blancoi occurs in lowland forest and thickets, in areas with a distinct dry season and an annual rainfall of 2000 mm or more

Planting

Propagated by seeds through direct sowing in loamy-soil

Good for agroforestry; backyard planting; boundary marker; coastal protection / stabilization; erosion control; fruit collector's; living fence; nurse tree for newly planted, slow growing saplings. Wood is used for house posts, boat making, panelling, furniture, cabinet work, and musical instrument. Bark is retted and is used for clothing. Fruit cooked and eaten as a vegetable

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