Pandanus gemmifer

Botanical Description

Pandanus gemmifer is a spiny, evergreen tree with branches that are somewhat erect; it can grow up to 10 metres tall. The trunk is up to 15cm in diameter, with scattered spiny conical nodules (warty) and well-developed prop roots 30 - 50cm long and 3 - 4cm wide. The sword-like leaves are up to 250cm long and5cm wide, spirally arranged in clusters near the branch apices[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. , 1821 Title Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 9 Three New Pandanus Species from Queensland, Australia Publication Pacific Science Vol. 16, pp74-87 January 1962 Author St.John H. Publisher Year 1962 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials