{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{speciesbox |image = Pokok kesusu.jpg |image_caption = |status = |status_system = |status_ref = |genus = Prainea |species = limpato |authority = (Miq.) Beumee ex K.Heyne |synonyms = * ''Artocarpus limpato'' <small>Miq.</small> |range_map = |range_map_caption = }} '''''Prainea limpato''''', also known as '''tampang susu''' in Malay and more locally as '''kesusu''' or '''empatak''', is a species of flowering plant, a fruit tree in the fig family, that is native to Southeast Asia.<ref name="lamb2019">{{cite book |last=Lamb |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Lamb (botanist) |date=2019 |title= A guide to wild fruits of Borneo|series= |volume= |url= |location=Kota Kinabalu |publisher=Natural History Publications (Borneo) |page=174 |isbn=978-983-812-191-0}}</ref> ==Description== thumb|right|Fruit The tree grows to 30&nbsp;m in height, with a bole of 2–4&nbsp;m, with white latex. The leaves are 10–35&nbsp;cm long by 4–15&nbsp;cm wide. The globular inflorescences occur in the leaf axils. The syncarpous infructescences comprise 8–20 oval fruits, each 1.5–2&nbsp;cm by 1&nbsp;cm in diameter, projecting outwards from the core and ripening orange. The fruits are edible, with the orange aril tasting of bananas.<ref name="lamb2019"/>

==Distribution and habitat== The species is found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, where it occurs naturally in lowland and hill mixed dipterocarp forest, as well as on limestone soils and along riverbanks, up to an elevation of 700&nbsp;m. It is also planted in rural villages.<ref name="lamb2019"/>

==References== {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q17252394}} Category:Moraceae Category:Flora of Borneo Category:Flora of Malaya Category:Flora of Sumatra Category:Fruits originating in Asia Category:Plants described in 1861 Category:Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel

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