Pandanus spicatus
| Pandanus spicatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Pandanaceae |
| Genus: | Pandanus |
| Species: | P. spicatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pandanus spicatus H.St.John
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Pandanus spicatus a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae. It is native to Madagascar.[1] It is known from only one locality, Amber Mountain National Park and the associated Montagne d'Ambre forest, in northern Madagascar.[2] Pandanus spicatus is a small tree first collected in 1961 in dense moist forests of northern Madagascar. It grows to 8 m tall, with a 15 cm diameter trunk and no prop roots.[3] Several suberect branches grow from the top of the tree. These are 15 cm in diameter with broad conic spines and covered with persistent leaf bases.[3] Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 3 m long and 15–16.5 cm wide. Fruiting structures are terminal, stand erect and have up to 9 complex fruits (syncarps), concealed in erect or ascending leaves. Fruits are egg-shaped,9 cm long and 7 cm in diameter.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Pandanus spicatus H.St.John | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ "Pandanus spicatus H. St. John". Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar. Tropicos. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ a b c St. John, Harold. Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 27 Pandanus Novelties from Madagascar. Pacific Science, Vol. XXII, January 1968
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