| Chaplaish Jackfruit |
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| Original date | 3/27/24 5:21 AM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 85.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 9.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D610 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Artocarpus chama Family: Moraceae (Mulberry family)
Synonyms: Artocarpus chaplasha, Ficus chrysopthalma, Saccus chaplasha
Synonyms: Artocarpus chaplasha, Ficus chrysopthalma, Saccus chaplasha
Chaplaish Jackfruit is a large deciduous tree about
30-40 m in height with a girth of 3-5 m. Young shoots are dotted with
long stiff hairs. Leaves are large and of variable sizes about 12-30 cm
by 6-16 cm, elliptic-ovate or almost round, entire or minutely toothed,
blunt and leathery. Little hairs are present both on upper and lower
surfaces, stipules large and stem-clasping. Flowering receptacle arise
in leaf-axils, spherical with long flower-cluster-stalk. Fruits are
spherical about 3-4 inches in diameter. They look like mini jackfruits.
The edible fleshy arils cover the seeds. Chaplaish Jackfruit is native
to NE India, China, Bangladesh and Andaman Islands.
| Identification credit: Mohina Macker | Photographed in Manjeri, Marine National Park, Andaman Islands. |
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