Pandanus foveolatus

Botanical Description

Pandanus foveolatus is an evergreen tree that can grow around 15 - 20 metres tall. The trunk is around 20cm in diameter, with prop roots around 5 - 6 metres long. The long, sword-shaped leaves are around 150cm long and 5 - 7cm wide, arranged in clusters near the ends of the branches[ 1824 Title The Kanehira-Hatusima 1940 Collection of New Guinea Plants. II Publication Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 55: 295-306 (1941). Author Kanehira R. Publisher Year 1941 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials.