Pandanus montanus
Species of flowering plant
Pandanus montanus | |
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Small specimen in cultivation at the Berlin Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Pandanales |
Family: | Pandanaceae |
Genus: | Pandanus |
Species: | P. montanus |
Binomial name | |
Pandanus montanus Bory. |
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Pandanus montanus ("Baquois redresse") is a species of monocots in the genus Pandanus, endemic to Réunion in wet forest and swamp at an elevation of 400–1700 meters.
Description
It is a small, slender tree of 3–5 m in height. Its fruit-head is initially held up erectly, but droops down and becomes dark red when ripe. Each fruit head is packed with red, dome-shaped drupes.
- Fruit-head, born erect until it is ripe.
- Fruit-head detail of the reddish ripe drupes.
- Adult specimen in habitat
Synonyms
- Pandanus borbonicus Huynh
- Pandanus erigens Thouars
- Pandanus gaudichaudii Martelli
- Sussea conoidea Gaudich.
- Sussea microcarpa Gaudich.
References
- Cirad (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) entry