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Silver-Back Artocarpus

Artocarpus hypargyreus

Tree
Habit
Tree

How to identify Silver-Back Artocarpus

Identify Silver-Back Artocarpus by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.

  • Look for a tree habit.
  • Check the distinctive field mark: Silvery-white leaf undersides.
  • Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
  • Confirm leaf surface: Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom).
  • Confirm it sits within the Moraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Silver-Back Artocarpus.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Artocarpus hypargyreus
Genus
Artocarpus
Family
Moraceae
Habit
Tree
Conservation status
NT

Leaf characters

Leaf shape
Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Leaf surface
Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom)recorded

Typical of the family

Arrangement
Alternate
Simple type leaf character
Type
Simple
Entire margin leaf character
Margin
Entire
Pinnate venation leaf character
Venation
Pinnate

Characters marked “recorded” are for Silver-Back Artocarpus itself; the rest are typical of the Moraceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Inflorescence
Catkin
Fruit
Drupe

Typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.

About Silver-Back Artocarpus

Silver-back Artocarpus (Artocarpus hypargyreus) is a tree in the Moraceae family.

Illustration representing the Moraceae family
Botanical family

Moraceae

Fig/Mulberry family

Silver-Back Artocarpus belongs to the Moraceae family.

The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.

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