Pandanus furcatus Roxb.

Pandanus (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Pandanales > Pandanaceae > Pandanus

Characteristics

An erect shrub or tree. It has many branches. It grows about 5 m high. The leaves are in spirals towards the ends of branches. They are long and narrow and taper to the tip. They are leathery. The flowers are yellowish. The fruit are spiny.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A subtropical plant. In Nepal it grows between 700-1100 m altitude. It grows in moist, shady places. In Yunnan.
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Moist, shady places at elevations of 700-1,100 metres in Nepal. Hills, including on limestone.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The juice of the fruit is sucked. The fruit are also used to make pickles. The leaves are cooked and eaten. The seeds are eaten raw.
Uses environmental use food material medicinal wood
Edible fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Antidote (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Pandanus furcatus world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:670977-1
WFO ID wfo-0000731477
COL ID 6TLHN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pandanus spinifructus Pandanus furcatus Pandanus horridus Pandanus crassipes Pandanus diodon Rykia furcata Barrotia diodon Pandanus furcatus var. indica Pandanus nepalensis