Pandanus antaresensis

Botanical Description

Pandanus antaresensis is an evergreen tree with a branching crown; it can grow up to 33 metres tall. The bole can be unbranched for the first 16 metres, and produces prominent aerial stilt roots that can be up to 10 metres long, with large spines near the base. Long, spear-shaped leaves up to 230cm long and 10cm wide are produced in clusters near the ends of the branches[ 867 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 70 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis Year 1983 ISBN Description A botanical journal. This edition includes an article on the arborescent Bauhinias of tropical America. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 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 , 1822 Title Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 35 Additional Pandanus Species from New Guinea Publication Pacific Science (1973) Vol. 27, No 1, pp 44-91 Author St.John H. Publisher Year 1973 ISBN Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. It is also sometimes cultivated for its edible seed[ 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. ].