Coastal Pandanus, Beach pandanus, Screwpine

A tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands. It grows on the sandy edges of mangroves and along rivers. They are very common along the seashore throughout the islands of the Philippines. They are never found very far inland. It usually grows from sea level to 20 m altitude. In Samoa it grows to 300 m altitude. It usually grows in places with an average annual temperature range of 24-28°C. The rainfall is usually between 1500-4000 mm per year. It can grow in soils with a pH between 6-10. It can grow in salty soils. It grows on coral atolls. It suits hardiness zones 11-12. In XTBG Yunnan.

Also known as:

Ajbwirok, Akgak, Anewetak, Bali, Beach screw pine, Binu, Boa kashikeyo, Bob, Bop, Ceenu, Choy, Deipw, Dua go, Epo, Fa, Fach, Fafa, Fala, Falahola, Far, Fara, Fasa, Hala, Hedan, Kafu, Kebar, Keora, Kepar, Kipal, Kipar, Kukuvalu, Lamchiek, Laufala, Liolol, Lou'akau, Mane, Mengkuang duri, Mengkuang laut, Mengkuang layer, Mogili, Mweng, Nicobar breadfruit, Ongor, Ongorraked, Pandan darat, Pandan laut, Pandan pantai, Pandan todak, Pandan wangi, Pandan-dagat, Pandang, Pibis, Rumchek, Striped screwpine, Tchob, Tchoi, Te kaina, Toei-daang, Toei-hom, Txeno, Vadra, Veitch screw-pine, Voivoi, Wip

Synonyms

Corypha laevis (Lour.) A. Chev.

Pandanus absonus H. St. John

Pandanus adscendens H. St John

Pandanus aequor H. St. John

Pandanus aitutakiensis H. St. John

Pandanus akiakiensis H. St. John

Pandanus alloios H. St. John

Pandanus amplexus H. St. John

Pandanus angulatus H. St John

Pandanus angulosus H. St. John

Pandanus anisos H. St. John

Pandanus aoraiensis H. St. John

Pandanus arapepe H. St. John

Pandanus asauensis H. St. John

Pandanus ater H. St. John

Pandanus baptistii Misonne

Pandanus bassus H. St. John

Pandanus bathys H. St. John

Pandanus bergmanii F. Br.

Pandanus bicurvatus H. St. John

Pandanus blakei H. St. John

Pandanus boraboraensis St. John

Pandanus bothreus H. St. John

Pandanus bowenensis H. St. John

Pandanus brachypodus Kaneh.

Pandanus brownii H. St. John

Pandanus cacuminatus H. St. John

Pandanus carolinensis Matelli

Pandanus chamissonis Gaudich.

Pandanus charancanus Kaneh.

Pandanus chelyon H. St. John

Pandanus christophersenii H. St. John

Pandanus citraceus H. St. John

Pandanus collatus H. St. John

Pandanus complanatus H. St. John

Pandanus cooperi (Martelli) H. St. John

Pandanus coronatus Martelli

Pandanus coronatus f. minor Martelli

Pandanus crassiaculeatus H. St. John

Pandanus crassus H. St. John

Pandanus cylindricus Kaneh.

Pandanus cylindricus var. sinnau Kaneh.

Pandanus cymatilis H. St. John

Pandanus decorus K. Koch

Pandanus dicheres H. St. John

Pandanus dilatatus Kaneh.

Pandanus discolor auct.

Pandanus distinctus Martelli

Pandanus divaricatus H. St. John

Pandanus divergens Kaneh.

Pandanus dotyi H. St. John

Pandanus douglasii Gaudich.

Pandanus drakei H. St. John

Pandanus drolletianus Martelli

Pandanus duriocarpoides Kaneh.

Pandanus duriocarpus Martelli

Pandanus edwinii H. St. John

Pandanus elevatus H. St. John

Pandanus enchabiensis Kaneh.

Pandanus erythrophloeus Kaneh.

Pandanus extralittoralis H. St. John

Pandanus eyesyes Kaneh.

Pandanus fahina H. St. John

Pandanus faramaa H. St. John

Pandanus fascicularis Lam.

? Pandanus fatuhivaensis H. St. John

Pandanus fatyanion (Kaneh.) Hosok.

Pandanus feruliferus H. St. John

Pandanus filiciatilis H. St. John

Pandanus fischerianus Martelli

Pandanus fragrans Gaud.

Pandanus futunaensis H. St. John

Pandanus gambierensis H. St. John

Pandanus glomerosus H. St. John

Pandanus grantii H. St. John

Pandanus guamensis Martelli

Pandanus haapaiensis H. St. John

Pandanus heronensis H. St. John

Pandanus hivaoaensis H. St. John

Pandanus homeinsularum H. St. John

Pandanus hosinoi Kaneh.

Pandanus hosokawae Kaneh.

Pandanus houmaensis H. St. John

Pandanus hubbardii H. St. John

Pandanus impar H. St. John

Pandanus inarmatus H. St. John

Pandanus inermis Roxb.

Pandanus inflexus H. St. John

Pandanus infundubuliformis H. St. John

Pandanus insularis Kaneh.

Pandanus intraconicus H. St. John

Pandanus intralaevis H. St. John

Pandanus jaluitensis Kaneh.

Pandanus jonesii (F. Br.) H. St. John

Pandanus kafu Martelli

Pandanus kamptos H. St. John

Pandanus koidzumii Hosok.

Pandanus korrensis Kaneh.

Pandanus kraussii H. St. John

Pandanus kusaiensis Kaneh.

Pandanus laculatus H. St. John

Pandanus laevis Lour.

Pandanus laevis Kunth [Illegitimate

] Pandanus lakatwa Kaneh.

Pandanus lambasaensis H. St. John

Pandanus laticanaliculatus Kaneh.

Pandanus latincanaliculatus var. edulis Kaneh.

Pandanus lauensis H. St. John

Pandanus licinus H. St. John

Pandanus limitaris H. St. John

Pandanus longifolius H. L. Wendl. [Invalid]

Pandanus macfarlanei Martelli

Pandanus macrocephalus Kaneh.

Pandanus makateaensis H. St. John

Pandanus malatenensis Blanco

Pandanus mangarevaensis H. St. John

Pandanus mariaensis H. St. John

Pandanus marquesasensis H. St. John

Pandanus matukuensis H. St. John

Pandanus mbalawa H. St. John

Pandanus meetiaensis H. St. John

Pandanus menne Kaneh.

Pandanus menziesii Gaudich.

Pandanus metius H. St. John

Pandanus minysocephalis H. St. John

Pandanus mooreaensis H. St. John

Pandanus moschatus Rumph. ex Voigt

Pandanus moschatus Miq. [Illegitimate]

Pandanus motuensis H. St. John

Pandanus nandiensis H. St. John

Pandanus notialis H. St. John

Pandanus oblatiapicalis H. St. John

Pandanus oblaticonvexus H. St. John

Pandanus obliquus Kaneh.

Pandanus odonoides Hosok.

Pandanus odoratissimus var. laevigatus Martelli

Pandanus odoratissimus var. laevis (Warb.)

Pandanus odoratissimus f. major Martelli

Pandanus odoratissimus var. oahuensis Martelli

Pandanus odoratissimus var. parksii Martelli

Pandanus odoratissimus var. pyriformis Martelli

Pandanus odoratissimus var. savaiensis (Martelli) Martelli

Pandanus odoratissimus var. setchellii Martelli

Pandanus odoratissimus var. spurius Willd.

Pandanus odoratissimus var. suvaensis Martelli

Pandanus okamotoi Kaneh.

Pandanus onoilauensis H. St. John

Pandanus orarius H. St. John

Pandanus otemanuensus H. St. John

Pandanus ovalauensis H. St. John

Pandanus pachys H. St. John

Pandanus palkilensis Hosok.

Pandanus palmyraensis H. St. John

Pandanus pansus H. St. John

Pandanus paogo H. St. John

Pandanus papaeariensis Martelli

Pandanus papenooensis H. St. John

Pandanus parhamii H. St. John

Pandanus parksii H. St. John

Pandanus patulior H. St. John

Pandanus pedunculatus R. Br.

Pandanus pedunculatus var. insularis B. C. Stone

Pandanus pedunculatus var. malagunensis B. C. Stone

Pandanus pedunculatus var. rendovensis B. C. Stone

Pandanus planus H. St. John

Pandanus politus H. St. John

Pandanus ponapensis Martelli

Pandanus prismaticus Martelli

Pandanus prolixus H. St. John

Pandanus pseudomenne Hosok.

Pandanus pulposus (Warb.) Martelli

Pandanus pulposus var. cooperi Martelli

Pandanus pusillus H. St. John

Pandanus pyriformis (Martelli) H. St. John

Pandanus pyriformis Gaud.

? Pandanus radiatus H. St. John

Pandanus raiateaensis H. St. John

Pandanus raroiaensis H. St. John

Pandanus rectangulatus Kaneh.

Pandanus repens Miq.

Pandanus rhizophorensis H. St. John

Pandanus rhombocarpus Kaneh.

Pandanus rikiteaeansis H. St. John

Pandanus rimataraensis H. St. John

Pandanus rockii Martelli

Pandanus rotensis Hosok.

Pandanus rotundatus Kaneh.

Pandanus rurutuensis H. St. John

Pandanus sabotan Blanco

Pandanus saipanensis Kaneh.

Pandanus saltuarius H. St. John

Pandanus samak Hassk.

Pandanus sanderi Sander

Pandanus savaiensis (Martelli) H. St. John

Pandanus seruaensis H. St. John

Pandanus sinuosus H. St. John

Pandanus sinuvadosus H. St. John

Pandanus smithii H. St. John

Pandanus spurius (Willd.) Miq.

Pandanus stradbrokeensis H. St. John

Pandanus subaequalis H. St. John

Pandanus subcubicus H. St. John

Pandanus subhumerosus H. St. John

Pandanus subradiatus H. St. John

Pandanus sunuvadensus

? Pandanus suvaensis (Martelli) H. St. John

Pandanus taepa (F. Br.) H. St. John

Pandanus tahaaensis H. St. John

Pandanus tahitensis Martelli

Pandanus tahitensis var. exigua J. W. Moore

Pandanus tahitensis var. niueana B. C. Stone

Pandanus takaeoaesis H. St. John

Pandanus tamaruensis J. W. Moore

Pandanus tapeinos H. St. John

Pandanus taravaiensis H. St. John

Pandanus tectorius var. (many varieties)

Pandanus temehaniensis J. W. Moore

Pandanus terrireginae H. St. John

Pandanus tessellatus Martelli

Pandanus tikeiensis H. St. John

Pandanus tima H. St. John

Pandanus timoeensis H. St. John

Pandanus tolotomensis Glassman

Pandanus tomilensis Kaneh.

Pandanus tongaensis H. St. John

Pandanus trapaneus H. St. John

Pandanus tritosphaericus H. St. John

Pandanus trukensis Kaneh.

Pandanus tubuaiensis Martelli

Pandanus tupaiensis H. St. John

Pandanus uea H. St. John

Pandanus utiyamae Kaneh.

Pandanus vahitakiensis H. St. John

Pandanus vandra H. St. John

Pandanus vangeertii auct.

Pandanus variegatus Miq.

Pandanus veitchii Mast.

Pandanus virginalis H. St. John

Pandanus viri H. St. John

Pandanus viridinsularis H. St. John

Pandanus volkensii Kaneh.

Pandanus yorkensis H. St. John

Pandanus yunckeri H. St. John

? Not in plant list Pandanus odoratissimus sensu auct.non L.f.

Pandanus inermis Blume

Edible Portion

Nuts, Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Spice

Where does Coastal Pandanus grow?

Found in: American Samoa, Andamans, Asia, Australia, Bougainville, British Indian Ocean Terr., BIOT, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, FSM, Guam, Guatemala, Hawaii, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Kiribati, Kosrae, Malaysia, Maldives, Mariana Islands, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nuie, Pacific, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, Pohnpei, Rotuma, Samoa, SE Asia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Yap

Notes: There are about 600 Pandanus species. They grow in the tropics. (It is similar to and often confused with Pandanus odoratissimus which occurs in India and is being grown elsewhere). The darker yellow fleshed kinds have high proVitamin A carotenoids.

Status: It is enjoyed as a food in Pacific island nations such as Kiribati.

Growing Coastal Pandanus, Beach pandanus, Screwpine

Cultivation: Plants are normally self sown. They can be grown from fresh seed. They are best sown in waterlogged soil. The preferred kinds are grown from cuttings. Cuttings of 30-40 cm are suitable. Seeds can float on ocean currents and still germinate after several months. It is used as a hedge or fence.

Edible Uses: The fleshy portion of the lower part of the mature fruit is eaten raw. It can be cooked or made into flour. The seeds are eaten cooked. CAUTION: The seeds can contain calcium oxalate crystals. These can be removed by cooking and straining. They irritate the mouth. The tender shoots or terminal buds are eaten as a vegetable. Flowers and pollen are edible. The tip of the aerial root is eaten raw or roasted. They can be processed into a drink. The leaves can be used to flavour sweet dishes.

Production: Plants grow slowly. It produces 8-12 fruit per year.

Nutrition Info

per 100g edible portion

Edible Part	Energy (kcal)	Protein (g)	Iron (mg)	Vitamin A (ug)	Vitamin c (mg)	Zinc (mg)	% Water
Fruit	-	0.4	-	-	-	-	80

Coastal Pandanus, Beach pandanus, Screwpine Photos

Coastal Pandanus, Beach pandanus, Screwpine

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