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Pandanus livingstonianus
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Road to Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road to Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani, Mozambique.
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| Synonyms: |
Pandanus gasicus Huynh. Pandanus globulatus Huynh. Pandanus mosambicus Huynh. Pandanus petersii Warb. Pandanus serrimarginalis Huynh. |
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| Common names: | Screw-pine (E) | |
| Frequency: | ||
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Small tree. Stem pale brown, supported by numerous stilt roots; stem and roots spiny. Young trees palm-like with a single terminal tuft of leaves, older trees shortly branched and pine-like with many terminal tufts. Leaves in 1-many terminal tufts of 3 spirally arranged ranks, long and linear strap-shaped, 1 m or more long, shiny bright green to dark olive-green, paler below; margin armed with backward-facing hooked prickles. Flowers unisexual; male flowers in branched, spikes, 15-20 cm long, creamy-white with conspicuous spathe-like bracts; female flowers greenish-cream in short compact spikes. Fruit small, fleshy in cone-like clusters up to 12 × 7cm. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | livingstonianus: named after the legendary Scottish explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873). | |
| Habitat: | Along river banks. | |
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| Flowering time: | Oct | |
| Worldwide distribution: | SE DRC, Zambia and Mozambique. | |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,MS,GI,M | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 96. (Includes a picture). |
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| Endemic status: | ||
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 11 July 2009 |
Other sources of information about Pandanus livingstonianus:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pandanus livingstonianus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pandanus livingstonianus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pandanus livingstonianus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pandanus livingstonianus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pandanus livingstonianus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pandanus livingstonianus
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Pandanus livingstonianusWest African Plants database: Pandanus livingstonianus
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