Artocarpus nitidus subsp. lingnanensis (Merr.) F.M.Jarrett

Trees to 17 m tall. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 7-15 × 3-7 cm, thinly leathery, base cuneate to ± rounded, margin entire or irregularly shallowly toothed, apex mucronate to caudate; secondary veins 6-10 on each side of midvein, adaxially prominent. Male inflorescences capitate, obovoid, or oblong, 2.5-12 × 2.7-7 mm. Peduncle of female inflorescences 1.5-5 mm. Male flowers: calyx lobes 2-4, basally connate for 0.5-0.7 mm. Fruiting syncarp red when mature, brown when dry, ± globose, with coarse pubescence.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in mixed forests in southern China. In Indonesia it grows in evergreen forests up to 1,600 m above sea level. In Yunnan in China it grows between 800-1300 m altitude. It grows in secondary forest. In Rockhampton Botanical Gardens.

The fruit are eaten raw.

Plants can be grown from seed.