Pandanus dubius Spreng.

 
  • Family : PANDANACEAE
    (Screw-Pine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KEVARA FAMILY (केवड़ा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Pandanaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Pandanus bagea Miq.; Barrotia gaudichaudii Brongn.; Barrotia tetrodon Gaudich.; Hombronia edulis Gaudich.; Pandanus bidoer Jungh.; Pandanus bidur Jungh. ex Miq.; Pandanus compressus Martelli; Pandanus dubius var. compressus (Martelli) B.C.Stone; Pandanus edulis (Gaudich.) de Vriese; Pandanus hombronia F.Muell.; Pandanus kafu var. confluentus Kaneh.; Pandanus latifolius Perr.; Pandanus latissimus Blume ex Miq.; Pandanus odoratus Thunb.; Pandanus pacificus J.H.Veitch; Pandanus tetrodon (Gaudich.) Balf.f.; Pandanus yamagutii Kaneh.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pandanus dubius Spreng.
  • Common name : Knob-fruited screwpine
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Propagation is through seeds or by planting the small plants that grow on the trunk.
  • Key identification features : Grow to a height of 5-10 meters with broad leaves, dark glossy green; Scarred and mangled-looking trunk, that later grows aerial and prop roots
  • Native : Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Marianas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • World Distribution : Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Marianas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of Dinesh Valke
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pandanus dubius. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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