page_title: Artocarpus lacucha
hierarchical_section_title: Artocarpus lacucha
caption_attribution_description: English: A twig of Artocarpus lakoocha (= A. lacucha) in Panchkhal VDC, Nepal
context_page_description: Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey fruit, or Monkey Jack or barhar, badahar or dewa or bohot or Heirikokthong and 'Taat' in Thadou-Kuki language of Northeast India, is a tropical evergreen tree species of the family Moraceae. It is distributed throughout the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The tree is valued for its wood; its fruit is edible and is believed to have medicinal value. In Northeastern Thailand, the wood is used to make pong lang, a local traditional instrument.
  The stilbenoid oxyresveratrol can be isolated from the heartwood of A. lakoocha as well as in Puag Haad, the light brown powder obtained from the aqueous extract of the wood chips of A. lakoocha Roxb by boiling, then slow evaporation, followed by cooling. This traditional drug is effective against the intestinal fluke Haplorchis taichui or against taeniasis.
  This tree is mentioned in the Arthashastra.
context_section_description: Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey fruit, or Monkey Jack or barhar (Hindi:बरहङ), badahar (Nepali:बडहर) or dewa (Assamese: ডেৱা, Bengali: ডেউয়া) or bohot (Assamese: বহঁত) or Heirikokthong (Meeteilon:ꯍꯩꯔꯤꯀꯣꯛꯊꯣꯡ) and 'Taat' in Thadou-Kuki language of Northeast India, is a tropical evergreen tree species of the family Moraceae. It is distributed throughout the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The tree is valued for its wood; its fruit is edible and is believed to have medicinal value. In Northeastern Thailand, the wood is used to make pong lang, a local traditional instrument.
  The stilbenoid oxyresveratrol can be isolated from the heartwood of A. lakoocha as well as in Puag Haad, the light brown powder obtained from the aqueous extract of the wood chips of A. lakoocha Roxb by boiling, then slow evaporation, followed by cooling. This traditional drug is effective against the intestinal fluke Haplorchis taichui or against taeniasis.
  This tree is mentioned in the Arthashastra.
caption: A twig of Artocarpus lacucha in Panchkhal VDC, Nepal
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