Pandanaceae FAMILY

Pandanus solmslaubachii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pandanus solmslaubachii is an evergreen tree with a much-branched crown; it usualy grows around 6 - 10 metres tall, occasionally reaching 20 metres. The main trunk can be up to 8 metres tall, around 20cm in diameter, with spiny conical nodules (warty) and often with dense, erect adventitious rootlets. Few to many prop roots are produced. The long, sword-shaped leaves can be around 200cm long and 6 - 8cm wide[ 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 food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNortheast Australia - Queensland

HabitatFound in swamp forest, rainforest, vine forest, and near creek banks in open forests and woodland; at elevations from sea level to 500 metres[ 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. ].