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{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
{{Taxobox
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| image = Treculia africana.jpg
| image = Treculia africana.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Treculia africana]]''
| image_caption = ''[[Treculia africana]]''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| taxon = Treculia
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| authority = [[Joseph Decaisne|Decne.]] ex [[Auguste Trécul|Trécul]] (1847)
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|subdivision = 5; see text
| unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
|subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:41024-1 ''Treculia'' Decne. ex Trécul]. ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 23 August 2024.</ref>
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| synonyms = ''Acanthotreculia'' {{small|Engl. (1908)}}
| familia = [[Moraceae]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/>
| tribus = [[Artocarpeae]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1013 |title=''Artocarpus'' J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. |work=[[Germplasm Resources Information Network]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |date=2009-01-16 |accessdate=2009-03-11}}</ref>
| genus = '''''Treculia'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Joseph Decaisne|Decne.]] ex [[Auguste Trécul|Trécul]]
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'''''Treculia''''' is a genus of [[tree]]s in the [[Moraceae]] plant family that is native to southern African and Madagascar. The best-known member of the genus, ''[[Treculia africana]]'', commonly known as the African breadfruit, is used as a food plant.


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'''''Treculia''''' is a genus of [[tree]]s in the plant family [[Moraceae]] that is native to west and central Africa and Madagascar. The best-known member of the genus, ''[[Treculia africana]]'', commonly known as the African breadfruit, is used as a food plant.
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The fruits are hard and fibrous, can be the size of a [[volleyball]] and weight up to 8.5kg. [[Pan troglodytes|Chimpanzees]] have been observed to use tools to break the fruits into small pieces that they can eat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8427000/8427974.stm|title=Chimps use cleavers and anvils as tools to chop food |last=Walker|first=Matt|date=24 December 2009|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=24 December 2009}}</ref>

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The fruits are hard and fibrous, can be the size of a [[volleyball (ball)|volleyball]] and weight up to 8.5&nbsp;kg. [[Pan troglodytes|Chimpanzees]] have been observed to [[Tool use by animals|use tools]] to break the fruits into small pieces that they can eat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8427000/8427974.stm|title=Chimps use cleavers and anvils as tools to chop food |last=Walker|first=Matt|date=24 December 2009|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=24 December 2009}}</ref>


==Species==
==Species==
Five species are accepted.<ref name = powo/><ref>Nutrecul Agroforestry - Treculia Research Center http://www.nutrecul-agroforestry.com</ref>
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[[File:Treculia africana 0001.jpg|left|thumb|A ''Treculia africana'' tree]]
*''[[Treculia africana]]''
*''[[Treculia acuminata]]'' {{small|Baill.}}
*''[[Treculia agricana]]''<ref>http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=5397038</ref>
*''[[Treculia africana]]'' {{small|Decne. ex Trécul}}
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**''Treculia africana'' var. ''africana''
*''[[Treculia obovoidea]]''<ref>http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2007.04.010</ref>
***''Treculia africana'' var. ''africana'' cultivar ''Nutreculia'' Nutrecul-TRC <ref>Nutrecul Agroforestry - Treculia Research Center http://www.nutrecul-agroforestry.com</ref>
**''Treculia africana'' var. ''ilicifolia'' {{small|(Leandri) C.C.Berg}}
**''Treculia africana'' var. ''inversa'' {{small|Okafor}}
**''Treculia africana'' var. ''mollis'' {{small|(Engl.) Léonard}}
**''Treculia africana'' var. ''sambiranensis'' {{small|(Leandri) C.C.Berg}}
*''[[Treculia lamiana]]'' {{small|Leandri}}
*''[[Treculia obovoidea]]'' {{small|[[N.E.Br.]]}}
*''[[Treculia zenkeri]]'' {{small|Engl.}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Moraceae genera}}


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[[Category:Moraceae genera]]
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Latest revision as of 14:42, 23 April 2024

Treculia
Treculia africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Artocarpeae
Genus: Treculia
Decne. ex Trécul (1847)
Species[1]

5; see text

Synonyms[1]

Acanthotreculia Engl. (1908)

Treculia is a genus of trees in the plant family Moraceae that is native to west and central Africa and Madagascar. The best-known member of the genus, Treculia africana, commonly known as the African breadfruit, is used as a food plant.

The fruits are hard and fibrous, can be the size of a volleyball and weight up to 8.5 kg. Chimpanzees have been observed to use tools to break the fruits into small pieces that they can eat.[2]

Species

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Five species are accepted.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Treculia Decne. ex Trécul. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. ^ Walker, Matt (24 December 2009). "Chimps use cleavers and anvils as tools to chop food". BBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  3. ^ Nutrecul Agroforestry - Treculia Research Center http://www.nutrecul-agroforestry.com
  4. ^ Nutrecul Agroforestry - Treculia Research Center http://www.nutrecul-agroforestry.com
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