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Thatch screwpine
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Thatch screwpine

Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishThatch screwpine
DutchGeurende schroefpalm
SpanishPalma australiana de hala
Chinese露兜树
Scientific namePandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi

About this species

Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean. Common names in English include thatch screwpine, Tahitian screwpine, hala tree (pū hala in Hawaiian) and pandanus. The fruit is edible and sometimes known as hala fruit.

The local Hawaiian name hala derives ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan which is also the base for the Pandanus generic name via Malay: pandan; the Malay name for the plant itself is pandan laut (lit. 'sea pandan').

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPandanales
FamilyPandanaceae
GenusPandanus

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2012First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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