Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Moraceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.
  • Common name : Wild Jack Tree, Aini, Hirsute Artocarpus
  • Vernacular name :
    • Hebba halasu (Kannada)
    • Lakucah (Sanskrit)
    • Anjili, Ayani, Anniliayari (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
  • Flower, Fruit : December-June
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagere district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district , Belagavi district, Mysuru district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanyakumari district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3):542-569
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Artocarpus hirsutus
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Artocarpus hirsutus. Downloaded on 5 October 2026.

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India Distribution

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