Details for: HART 51, Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg, Mei Chon

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

Top Name:

Mei Chon

Origin:

Collected – Chuuk, Micronesia

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository -- Hilo

Received by NPGS:

09 Apr 1991

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Cutting	2 count	You will receive unrooted cuttings. Available March - August for best results.	HART 51 CT

Note: When you select cuttings, you will receive unrooted cuttings, not rooted plants, unless specific arrangements have been made with the curator.
USDA, ARS, TPGRDR, Hilo, HI distributes small quantities of crop germplasm to scientists for research, education and crop development in universities and research centers. Germplasm, if available, may be provided in small amounts to private individuals and students on condition that the requested materials are not available commercially. Please check your local sources before requesting materials.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

Top Name:

Mei Chon

Origin:

Collected – Chuuk, Micronesia

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository -- Hilo

Received by NPGS:

09 Apr 1991

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Chuuk, Micronesia
Locality: Moen (also known as Weno)
Coordinates: 7.4415, 151.8551 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Coordinates determined by IRRI georef

Collector(s):

Ragone, Diane, University of Hawaii

Donated

09 April 1991.

Donor(s):

Ragone, Diane, University of Hawaii

Accession Names and Identifiers

Mei Chon

Type: Local name

326

Type: Collector identifier

Ragone, Diane University of Hawaii

N91-29

Type: Site identifier

Site collection number

USDA, ARS, PBARC, TPGRDR

RMM 0687

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Round to oval, very smooth light green fruit with pale yellow, creamy flesh. Thin stalk. Four deep and close lobes, with wide sinus at base, symmetrical. Brittle, dull blade with green vein. Many long hairs upper veins, underside rough. Name 'chon' means sharpened smooth. Considered the best cultivar, plentiful. Early bearer, May to August. Usually boiled, not as good for roasting.

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

Genus:

Artocarpus

Subgenus:

Artocarpus

Family:

Moraceae

Tribe:

Artocarpeae

Nomen number:

4319

Place of publication:

J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31:95. 1941

Verified:

12/16/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Sitodium altile Parkinson

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Artocarpus communis J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Artocarpus communis J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. var. communis
Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L. f.
Radermachia incisa Thunb.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	breadfruit		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	dugdug	as Artocarpus mariannensis; http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/A.mariannensis-dugdug.pdf	1
French	arbre à pain		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Brotfruchtbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Hawaiian	'ulu		2	Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). Note: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i http://www.traditionaltree.org/
Malaysian	sukun		2	Salma, I. et al. 2006. Diversity and use of traditional fruit species in selected home gardens or fruit orchards in Malaysia. J. Trop. Agric. Food Sci. 34:149-164.
Portuguese	fruta-pão		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	árbol del pan		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	fruta de pan		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	brödfrukt		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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