Prainea limpato (Miq.) Beumee ex K.Heyne, Nutt. Pl. Ned. Ind. ed. 2 (1927)

Latin for 'limpatu', a local name for this species.

Synonyms
Artocarpus limpato Miq.
Artocarpus papuanus (Becc.) Renner
Ficus diepenhorstii (Miq.) King
Parartocarpus papuana S.Moore
Prainea cuspidata Becc.
Prainea limpato var. longipedunculata Kochummen
Prainea microcephala J.J.Sm.
Prainea multinervia Merr.
Prainea papuana Becc.
Urostigma diepenhorstii Miq.

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 29 m tall and 46 cm dbh. Stem with white sap. Stipules ca. 2 mm long, hairy. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous to hairy below. Flowers ca. 0.5 mm diameter, greenish, flowesr fused into globose flower body. Fruits ca. 48 mm diameter, green-yellow, irregular shaped apocarp, with only part of the fruits developed.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp forest up to 300 m altitude. Usually on hillsides with clay to sandy soils, also common on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
The fruits are edible.

Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, East-Kalimantan), Moluccas, New Guinea.

Local names
Borneo: Buruni, Ematak, Karon.