About Himalayan Screw Pine
Pandanus furcatus (common name Pandan Atono) Roxb., also known as korr, pandan or Himalayan/Nepal screw pine (named for the screw-like arrangement of its leaves), is native to the Sikkim Himalaya of Northeast India, Bhutan and Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia and West Africa, and occurs on moist and shady slopes of ravines between 300 and 1500 m. As might be expected it is cold-resistant and able to tolerate occasional light frost, slowly growing to a tall branched tree, about 17 m at maturity, and perched on stilt-like aerial roots. The crown is made up of linear leaves 5 m long, pale-green, with finely toothed margins, rarely up to 6 m long (exceeded in the genus only by Pandanus laxespicatus).
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pandanus furcatus
- Genus
- Pandanus
- Family
- PANDANACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Along river banks
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Nepali
- तारिका Tarika, केउरा Keura, वनतरी Vanataree
- Malayalam
- Kaida-tsjeria, Cheriyakaita, Kaidatsjerria
- Marathi
- Bongi
Pandanaceae
Screw-Pine Family
Himalayan Screw Pine belongs to the Pandanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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