52.000 Pandanus Parkinson

Huynh, K.-L. (1989) Une espèce nouvelle de Pandanus (Pandanaceae) de Mozambique Botanica Helvetica 99 1-26

Huynh, K.-L. (1997) La taxonomie du genre Pandanus (Pandanaceae) de Mozambique Botanica Helvetica 107 91-101

Description of the genus

Trees with trunk erect with candelabrum-like branching, prickly, with stilt-roots. Leaves strap-shaped, pleated, with prickles along the margins and midrib.

Derivation of name: latinised form of a Malayan name.

Worldwide: About 600 species in the Old World tropics and subtropics, with ±15 in Africa.

Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon.

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utilis Bory	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pandanus
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