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Pandanus amaryllifolius
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Family:
PANDANACEAE
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Citation: Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 71. 1814; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 719. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 900. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Biriyanichedi, Rambha
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Unbranched shrubs, reaching to 1-1.5 m tall, slightly leaning or erect stem with aerial root. Leaves light green, linear, sword like with pointed tip, apex abruptly rounded-acute, the lateral pleates obsolete, musky-scented. Juvenile leaves 30-65cm long and 2.5-4cm broad and the adult leaves are up to 115 cm long and 7-8 cm wide. Margins usually unarmed except at the extreme tip, There may be few minute prickles and also on the portion of the midrib. Midrib at base rarely with a few short distant retrose prickles are less than 1mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Thrissur, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Indonesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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