Pandanus julianettii

Botanical Description

Pandanus julianettii is an erect, evergreen shrub or small tree, often unbranched when young, becoming sparsely branched with age. It can reach a height of 1 - 20 metres. The prickly, sword-shaped leaves can be around 3 metres long, they are produed in clusters at the apices of the branches[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. , 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 cultivated, semi-cultivated and harvested from the wild for its edible seeds, which have had a special significance for the nutrition of the native population of New Guinea[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. It 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. ]. Both this species, plus the related Pandanus brosimos and Pandanus antaresensis, have had an important role in the history of the human society of the highlands of New Guinea[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. The plant is also grown for the production of textile fibres[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].