Artocarpus integer

Champedak or Artocarpus integer is a fast-growing, tropical tree that reaches up to 35 meters tall and 55 cm trunk diameter when fully matured. It has a dense, rounded crown. Its bark is dark grey or red-brown in colour. The leaves are oval and leathery. The fruit is a compound fruit, sweet, spiky and yellow to brown in colour. It is eaten fresh, fried with flour, or made into a type of pudding. When unripe, it can be cooked as vegetable or added into soups. Ripe seeds can be roasted or boiled. Young leaves are cooked and consumed as vegetable. The bark yields a fibre that is used in making ropes. A resin can also be obtained from the tree and it is used as a varnishing material. The tree is a good fuel source and is often used as a construction material. Other Names: Bangkong, Banturung manuk, Baroh, Beluno, Bukoh, Campedek, Champada, Chubadak, Kakan, Mangkahai, Nakan, Nangka berit, Nangka tjomedak, Pulutan, Sempedak, Sonekadot, Temedak, Tibadak, Tibudak .

Artocarpus integer is an evergreen Tree growing to 20 m by 20 m at a slow rate.
It is hardy to zone 10. The flowers are pollinated by Insects, wind.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid and neutral soils and can grow in very acid soils.
It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Industrial Crop: Hydrocarbon Management: Standard Regional Crop Staple Crop: Balanced carb Staple Crop: Basic Starch
A plant of the lowland humid tropics, growing best at an altitude below 1,200 metres , in its native range it is always restricted to regions without a distinct dry season. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 38c, but can tolerate 16 - 47c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 2,200 - 3,500mm, but tolerates 1,250 - 4,500mm. Prefers a deep, well-drained fertile soil. Young plants need some shade, but need increasing light levels as they mature . Prefers a fairly high water table, it can survive periodic flooding even with acid swamp water. Prefers a pH in the range 4.5 - 6, tolerating 4 - 6.5. The tree usually fruits prolifically and is capable of very high yields . Seedlings start bearing fruit after 3 - 6 years;clonal trees bear after 2 - 4 years. Flowers may be found at any time of year, but bloom is concentrated around one period of the year. Female flower heads are found only on cauliflorous shoots;most male heads are formed on shoots in the periphery of the canopy. This may facilitate pollination by wind, although the pollen is sticky. Insects visit the scented male inflorescence, not the female ones, which lack nectar .