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Pandanus utilis
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Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden Harare, near the Herbarium
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden Harare, near the Herbarium
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden Harare, near the Herbarium
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden Harare, near the Herbarium
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden Harare, near the Herbarium
Photo: Mark Hyde
Sam Levy's Village, Borrowdale
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| Common names: | Common screw-pine (English) |
| Description: | Tree, to 20 m. Leaves stiff, becoming glaucous beneath, with small marginal reddish spines. Leaves and old leaf scars spiral around the trunk and branches like a screw. Fruit of 100-200 drupes, each 4-8-locular; the separate upper half green, the basal half with a purple or red band. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | utilis: useful |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Known only from cultivation (Beentje, 2009) |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Saturday 5 November 2016 |
| Literature: |
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 816. Beentje, H.J. (2009). Pandanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Page 149. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 160. Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 187. |
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