Pandanaceae FAMILY

Pandanus limbatus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pandanus limbatus is a small evergreen tree with a main stem around 2 - 5 metres tall and 6 - 7cm in diameter. The sword-shaped leaves are around 170cm long and 8 - 9cm wide, arranged in clusters at the branch apices[ 574 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 20 Publication Author Rehder A. (Editor) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University Year 1939 ISBN Description Includes a treatment of the Papuasian Freycinetia. It can be downloded from the Internet. , 1826 Title Pandanus from Ok Tedi Region, Papua New Guinea, Collected by Debra Donoghue Publication Economic Botany, 38(3), 1984 , pp. 304-313 Author Stone B.C. Publisher Year 1984 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea

HabitatRainforest, at elevations around 750 metres[ 1826 Title Pandanus from Ok Tedi Region, Papua New Guinea, Collected by Debra Donoghue Publication Economic Botany, 38(3), 1984 , pp. 304-313 Author Stone B.C. Publisher Year 1984 ISBN Description ]. Occasional on banks of small streams in the ridge-forests; at elevations around 100 metres[ 574 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 20 Publication Author Rehder A. (Editor) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University Year 1939 ISBN Description Includes a treatment of the Papuasian Freycinetia. It can be downloded from the Internet. ].