Lakuch / Monkey Jack
Artocarpus lacucha
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Mizoram & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Artocarpus lacucha
- Genus
- Artocarpus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cool valleys
- Distribution
- Tropical and sub-tropical Himalyas, India, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Moraceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- लकुच Lakuch, लकूच Lakooch, लकूची Lakoochi
- Nepali
- बढहर Badhar
- Bengali
- Dephal, Dahu
- Tamil
- ilagusam, irappala, solaippakku
- Kannada
- ಎಸಳುಹುಳಿ Esuluhuli, ಲಕುಚ Lakucha, ಓಟೆಹುಳಿ Otehuli
- Malayalam
- chimpa, lakucham, pulinjakka
- Marathi
- बढहर Badhar, Kshudraphanas, phala
About Lakuch
Monkey Jack (Artocarpus lacucha) is a tree belonging to the Moraceae family (Fig/Mulberry family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, catkin/syconium/head flower clusters, drupe/syconium/sorosis fruit. It is typically found in cool valleys. It occurs across Tropical and sub-tropical Himalyas, India, Myanmar. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. Its conservation status has been assessed as Least Concern (LC).
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Lakuch belongs to the Moraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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