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Pandanus is a genus of monocots with about 578 accepted species. [1] They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. Common names include pandan, screw palm and screw pine.
Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the Pandanus (screwpine) genus, which is commonly known as pandan (/ ˈ p æ n d ə n /; Malay:). It has fragrant leaves which are used widely for flavouring in the cuisines of Southeast Asia .
Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean. [3] Common names in English include thatch screwpine, [4] Tahitian screwpine, [5] hala tree [6] (pū hala in Hawaiian) [7] and pandanus. [8]
It is a small branched, palm-like dioecious tree with a flexuous trunk supported by brace roots.The tree can grow to a height of 4 meters. Leaves grow in clusters at the branch tips, with rosettes of sword-shaped, stiff (leather-like) and spiny bluish-green, fragrant leaves.
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[3] [6] The large leathery leaves are 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft) long [3] and 8–12 centimetres (3.1–4.7 in) wide. [6] The apex of the leaf is attenuate and doubly-pleated, with prickles pointing up at the tip [6] and along the margins and midrib. [2] The leaves are dark green on top and dull cyan underneath. [9]
The female structure has a 3–8 celled ovary crowned by a sessile stigma. [8] This species is naturalised in several of the Mascarene islands, where it coexists with a great number of other indigenous and endemic Pandanus species. It can usually be distinguished from these however, by the tip of the free portion of each drupe of its fruit-head ...
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