WorldFloraDB - Pandanus kaida

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees. Stems branched, 1-3 m tall; aerial roots absent. Leaves linear, ca. 1(-4) m × 3-5 cm, margin and midvein spiny, apex acuminate, with long flagelliform tip. Male inflorescences consisting of several spikes, each spike ca. 10 cm; spathes in lower part ca. 45 × 4.5 cm; stamens usually 10, few male flowers with more than 20 stamens; filaments adnate beneath, ca. 7 mm, umbraculate, free filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 3 × 0.7 mm, apex with small cusp ca. 0.5 mm. Female inflorescences capitate, paniculate, ca. 4 × 1.7 cm; spathes numerous, 14-20 × 2-3 cm; carpels 2 or 3 connate in a bundle, 2-or 3-locular; ovule 1 per locule; stigma short, with 2 serrate branches. Syncarp ellipsoid, consisting of ca. 150 phalanges; phalanges obconic, ca. 3 × 1.7 cm, projected part 5-angled above; persistent stigmas 2, branched, serrulate. Fl. May-Jun.

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A screwpine. It is a large herb. It grows 1-3 m tall. The leaves are long and narrow. They have spines along the edge. They are 100 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. Male and female flowers are separate. Male flowers are in groups with spathes 45 cm long. There are 150 fruit in an oval head. The individual seeds are 3 cm long.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

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Mature height (meter)

1.0 - 3.0

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in shade in monsoon mixed forests a kilometre from the seashore in China.

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Usage

Uses	material medicinal
Edible	shoots
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Cultivation

It is used as a hedge.

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:671079-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000730630
COL ID	75LJY
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pandanus unipapillatus Pandanus candelabrum Pandanus kaida Pandanus forceps Pandanus siamensis Tuckeya candelabrum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Pandanus kaida Kurz

Species