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.
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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
