Trees & Plants

Pandan leaves

Raampa, Rammpe faiy

Pandanus amaryllifolius

Fairly common in homesteads as well as in natural forests. The leaves are used to give a refreshing and fragrant flavour to Southeast Asian dishes. They are also used as food wrappers and as air fresheners. Oil obtained from the leaf is a stimulant and antispasmodic and × is effe

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uses: The leaves are used to give a refreshing and fragrant flavour to Southeast Asian dishes. They are also used as food wrappers and as air fresheners. Oil obtained from the leaf is a stimulant and antispasmodic and × is effective against headaches, rheumatism, and epilepsy.
family: Pandanaceae
synonym: Pandanus odorus Ridl., Pandanus latifolius Hassk.
description: Palmaceous shrubs, slightly leaning or erect stem with aerial root. × Leaves 25-75 2– 5 cm, somewhat glaucous abaxially, keeled abaxially but unarmed, margin entire except at apex, with very few minute prickles, apex with distinct twin lateral pleats. Large growth phase × with leaves broadly linear 150–220 7–9 cm. Male inflorescence pendent, to 60 cm; spathes ca. 90 cm; spikes cylindric, to 35 cm × is or more, upper ones much shorter, 9–10 2 cm, of numerous crowded, flat staminal Roxb. phalanges 1.5–2.5 mm wide; stamens mostly 3–6 per phalange; filaments 0.5–1.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm; anthers oblong, ca. 2.5 × 0.5 mm, apex bluntly convex, without or with a barely discernible apiculum.
native range: Indonesia
distribution: Southeast Asia
english names: Pandan leaves
flowering fruiting: Very rare
occurrence maldives: Fairly common in homesteads as well as in natural forests.