Pandanaceae FAMILY

Pandanus papuanus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pandanus papuanus is a spiny, evergreen tree growing around 15 - 20 metres tall with a branched stem and prop roots up to 3 - 5 metres high[ 1814 Title Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red Publication Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266 Author Keim A.P. Website http://10.3767/000651909X476247 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]. Long, sword-shaped leaves grow in rosettes at the end of branches[ 1814 Title Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red Publication Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266 Author Keim A.P. Website http://10.3767/000651909X476247 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia (Maluku) east to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Caroline Islands

HabitatSwamps and tropical lowland rainforests[ 1814 Title Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red Publication Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266 Author Keim A.P. Website http://10.3767/000651909X476247 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]