Pandanus furcatus Roxb.

 
  • Family : PANDANACEAE
    (Screw-Pine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KEVARA FAMILY (केवड़ा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Pandanaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Rykia furcata (Roxb.) de Vriese; Barrotia diodon Gaudich.; Pandanus crassipes Wall. ex Balf.f.; Pandanus diodon (Gaudich.) Martelli; Pandanus furcatus var. indica Kurz; Pandanus furcatus var. macrocarpus Schaedtler; Pandanus horridus Reinw. ex Blume; Pandanus nepalensis H.St.John; Pandanus spinifructus Dennst.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pandanus furcatus Roxb.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Habitat : Along river banks
  • Key identification features : Robust, stilt roots near base; Leaves large, trifarious, narrow, acuminate, coriaceous, subglaucous, curved, margins spinously toothed.;Spathes gloden-yellow, coriaceous; Flowers in axillary or terminal spadices; Drupes fleshy, ellipsoid, 5-6 angled.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-April
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Sindhudurg district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 227
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pandanus furcatus. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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