About padang
Pandanus odorifer is an aromatic monocot species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, native to South East Asia, the Andaman Islands, the Philippines, and is also found wild in southern India and Burma. It is commonly known as fragrant screw-pine.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pandanus fascicularis
- Genus
- Pandanus
- Family
- PANDANACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- India, Mynmar, Java, Malesia, China, Moluccas, Polynesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- -uly onwards
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- केवड़ा
- Bengali
- কেয়া
- Tamil
- தாழை மலர், தாழை
- Marathi
- केवडा
Botanical family
Pandanaceae
Screw-Pine Family
padang belongs to the Pandanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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