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Pandanus odorifer
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Family:
PANDANACEAE
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Citation: Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 737. 1891.
Keura odorifera Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 172. 1775.
Pandanus verus Rumph. ex Kurz, J. Bot. 5: 125. 1867, nom. superfl.
Pandanus odoratissimus L.f., Suppl. Pl. 424. 1782; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 301. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 399. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 830. 1990.
Pandanus fascicularis Lam., Encycl. 1: 372. 1783; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 485. 1893; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 429. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 414. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 494. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 780. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thazhambu, Pookaitha, Kaitha, Kainari, Thala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Fragrant screw pine, Screw pine, Screw tree, Umbrella tree
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Description:
Branched shrubs or small trees; trunk greyish-brown, ringed by leaf-scars and with basal prop roots. Leaves spiralled in 3 rows, upto 200 cm long and 6 cm broad, linear-ensiform, apex gradually narrowed into an elongated triquete flagella, the margins and dorsal midrib armed with white prickles, glaucous beneath. Female inflorescence a solitary terminal cephalium, pendulous in fruit. Phalanges mostly 5-15-celled, the carpels concentrically arranged, their apices with U-or V-shaped stigmas. Male inflorscence of several spikes, with white or cream axillant bracts, 5-10 cm long, composed of numerous phalanges; anthers apiculate. Fruit c. 20 x 10 cm oblong, red-orange.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-November
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Mangrove forests and sea coasts
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Distribution:
Tropical and subtropical Asia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Cheruvathur, Payyavur, Thrikkunnapuzha
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