Pandanus cookii Martelli

Tree to 9 (–13) m high, sometimes stoloniferous; prop roots usually absent; trunk with ascending appressed rootlets. Leaves erect to ascending, (1–) 1.5–2 (–2.5) m long, 6–8 cm wide, glaucous or not; margins usually with prickles in lower half, prickly or not in upper half or sometimes with prickles only at apex; midrib usually not prickly in lower half, sometimes with prickles in upper half or near apex only. Males flowers not seen. Fruiting head broadly ovoid to subglobose, (13–) 16–22 cm long, usually with 45–55 phalanges, yellowish orange to red when ripe. Phalanges usually with 9–13 carpels, broadly obovoid, 5–7-angled, 4.5–5.5 (–6.5) cm long, (3–) 4–5 (–6) cm wide, usually ± convex at apex; sides smooth to punctate or verrucose; lateral sutures interlocking between phalanges. Carpel apices pyramidal to rounded, often angular, 2–6 (–10) mm high, sometimes flattened or shallowly concave at apex; stigma oblique to almost vertical.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in north Queensand. It is often in poorly drained or flood prone areas.

The white base of the fruit is eaten raw. The small white seed inside the fruit is eaten raw. Caution: The flesh is not edible and can irritate the mouth.

Plants are grown from seeds. Seeds are best soaked in water for 1-5 days before sowing. It can be grown from suckers at the base.