Trees & Plants

Fragrant screw pine

Maakashikeyo

Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.)

Common in coastal habitats to A multi purpose plant. The leaves are widely used to make mats, hats, bags, paper and baskets. Fibrous roots make coarse paint a brushes. The flowers are used to cure scalp in and skin ailments. The spike is a remedy for rheumatic arthritis in animal

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uses: A multi purpose plant. The leaves are widely used to make mats, hats, bags, paper and baskets. Fibrous roots make coarse paint a brushes. The flowers are used to cure scalp in and skin ailments. The spike is a remedy for rheumatic arthritis in animals. The leaves U and roots are used to treat leprosy, ulcers, skin diseases, flatulence, fever and diabetes.
family: Pandanaceae
synonym: Keura odorifera Forssk., Pandanus of odoratissimus L. f. of
description: Branched, tall, woody shrubs; trunk greyish-brown, ringed by leaf- scars and with basal prop roots. Leaves × spiralled in 3 rows, to 200 6 cm, linear- ensiform, apex gradually narrowed in to elongated triquete flagella, margins and dorsal midrib armed with white prickles, glaucous beneath. Female inflorescence a solitary terminal cephalium, pendulous in fruit. Phalanges mostly 5-15 celled, carpels concentrically arranged, apices with U or V shaped stigmas. Male inflorescence Kuntze of several spikes, with white or cream axillant bracts, 5-10 cm long, composed of numerous phalanges; anthers apiculate. × Fruit to 20 10 cm oblong, red-orange.
native range: Indo-Malaysia
distribution: Tropical and subtropical Asia
english names: Fragrant screw pine
flowering fruiting: July – November
occurrence maldives: Common in coastal habitats to