Pandanaceae FAMILY

Pandanus conoideus

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pandanus conoideus is a prickly, evergreen tree growing around 3 - 10 metres tall with prop-roots obviously present. The stems are branched with clusters of sword-shaped leaves around 170cm long and 10cm wide produced at the branch-apices[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is often cultivated in lowland regions of New Guinea, where it is highly valued as a food, medicine and source of materials, and its fruits are traded at local markets. It is also harvested from the wild for local use[ 1814 Title Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red Publication Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266 Author Keim A.P. Website http://10.3767/000651909X476247 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia (Maluku) east to New Guinea and the western Pacific

HabitatRarely found as a trulty wild specimen, usually growing near to running water at elevations around 200 metres[ 1815 Title The Pandan flora of Foja-Mamberamo Game Reserve and Baliem Valley, Papua-Indonesia Publication Reinwardtia 13 (3): 271-297 Author Keim A.P. Publisher Year 2012 ISBN Description ]. Plants can be found at elevations from 700 - 2,300 metres[ 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 ].