Pandanaceae FAMILY

Sararanga sinuosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sararanga sinuosa is an evergreen tree growing around 9 - 10 metres tall. The stem can be branched or unbranched, around 67cm in diameter, with long, sword-shaped leaves aranged in a rosette at the end of the stem[ 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 food and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - northern New Guinea, east to the Solomon Islands

HabitatLowland tropical rainforest; at elevations from sea level to 200 metres[ 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 ]