Pandanus brosimos

Botanical Description

Pandanus brosimos is an evergreen tree, sometimes unbranched otherwise with a few branches near the top; it can grow up to 25 metres tall. The stem is very straight, around 35cm in diameter, and there is a cluster of slender prop-roots up to 1 metre long at the base. Clusters of erect, prickly, sword-like leaves are produced near the tops of stems[ 658 Title Food Plants of Papua New Guinea Publication Author French. B.R. Publisher Author. Year 2006 ISBN Description Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants. ]. The plant is sometimes cultivated in the highlands of New Guinea at elevations between 1,700 - 3.100 metres, and is also harvested from wild populations as a local source of food. Wild forms of this species are particularly valued as a food in New Guinea[ 1819 Title Ethnobotany of Wopkaimin Pandanus: Significant Papua New Guinea Plant Resource Publication Economic Botany, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1984), pp. 287-303 Author Hyndman D.C. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4254642 Publisher Year 1984 ISBN Description ], and the plant is said to have significant commercial potential as a food crop[ 1817 Title South Pacific Indigenous Nuts. ACIAR Proceedings No 69 Publication Author Stevens M.L.; Bourke R.M. & Evans B.R. Publisher Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Canbe Year 1996 ISBN 1 86320 175 0 Description Proceedings of a workshop held from 31 October to 4 November 1994 at Le Lagon Resort, Port Vila, Vanuatu. ].