Pandanus dubius
COMMON NAME | Large leaf Screw
Pine |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Pandanaceae |
NOTES | Fantastic strap
shaped leaves of deep green create a canopy atop towering trunks with finger
like lower roots reaching outward for stability. Pandanus fruit emerges as a
round ball fruit much like a decoration hanging from the tree slowly changing
from green to orange as it ripens. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Indian Ocean - Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, to Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea to the Pacific Islands |
NATIVE HABITAT | Limestone
outcroppings. Rocky and sandy shores. In thickets or forests along the seashore. |
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