Biology:Pandanus leram

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pandanus leram
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Pandanus leram
Jones ex R.Millar[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pandanus leram Pandanus millore
  • Roxb. Kurz
  • Jones, nom. provis. Pandanus mellori
  • Pandanus indicus Boden-Kloss
  • Pandanus andamanensium (Gaudich.) Warb.
  • Gaudich. Roussinia indica

Pandanus leram is a pandan or screw pine, belonging to the family Pandanaceae. It is native to the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands south of Myanmar, and the southern coasts of Sumatra and western Java, in Indonesia.[2]

The tree grows up to 21 m (69 ft) in height (exceeded only by Pandanus julienettei and Pandanus antaresensis, both of New Guinea). The linear leaves are up to 5.5 m (18 ft) long and 12.5 cm (4.9 in) in width (exceeded only by Pandanus laxespicatus).[3]

The fruit, termed a "syncardium", (a type of multiple fruit) weighs 14–18 kg (31–40 lb) and be up to thirty inches (75 centimeters) in length..[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Pandanus leram" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/671141-1. 
  2. Lim, T. K. (2012). Edible Medicinal ad Non-Medicinal Plants. Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-94-007-4052-5. 
  3. Hooker, Sir Joseph D. (1894). Flora of British India. 6. London: L. Reeve & Co. pp. 495-452. 
  4. Brandis, Dietrich (1971). Indian Trees. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. pp. 659. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15577989 entry