Pandanus aquaticus F.Muell.

A tall shrub or small tree. It can grow singly or form a slump. It mat or may not have prop roots. The leaves are long and narrow. They are 100-140 cm long and 5-6 cm wide. The leaves can be strap like or slightly triangular. There are brown-tipped spines long the edge. The male flower arrangement is branched and 20-30 cm long. There is a whitish bract below each flower branch. The male flower spikes are 4.5 cm long. The male flowers are pale yellow. The female flower arrangement is unbranched. They have 100 cm white bracts below them. The fruiting head is 10-15 cm across. They ripen yellow. The drupes separate and are 3-4 cm long by 0.5-0.9 cm wide and are club shaped. They are fleshy when ripe. The seeds are 0.6 cm long.

A tropical plant. It grows in shallow water along the edges of streams. It requires a sunny position and an abundance of water. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. It suits hardiness zones 11-12.

Leaves can be used for fibre for weaving and basket-making by Aboriginal groups, although the leaves of Pandanus spiralis are preferred. Young leaf-bases are also eaten. Fish and turtles eat the ripe fruit when it falls into the water.

Plants can be grown from fresh seed.