Pandanus luzonensis

Botanical Description

Pandanus luzonensis is a slender, much-branched, evergreen tree growing 5 - 8 metres tall. The erect bole is around 10 - 12cm in diameter with a few short prop roots[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. , 1828 Title New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, II. Publication Bureau of Government Laboratories Publication No.17 Author Merrill E.D. Publisher Bureau of Public Printing, Manila Year 1904 ISBN Description ]. The sword-shaped leaves are 150 - 200cm long and 25 - 30cm wide, arranged in clusters at the branch apices[ 1828 Title New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, II. Publication Bureau of Government Laboratories Publication No.17 Author Merrill E.D. Publisher Bureau of Public Printing, Manila Year 1904 ISBN Description ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.