Pandanus pristis B.C.Stone
Screw palm
small tropical tree grow 3-6 m high leaves long, narrow, dark green, arching and structured in a circular, spiked growth pattern around the stem, margins armored with sharp, serrated and prominent spines along the edges It features dramatic stilt roots (prop roots) that help anchor it in wet ground The small male and female flowers are borne on separate plants, the males in branched spikes, the females in cone-like heads
ornamental plant. edible fruit. P. pristis itself is valued primarily as a rare collector's and conservatory specimen.
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