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Pandanus tectorius

Scientific Name
Pandanus tectorius
Family Name
Pandanaceae
Common Names
Fragrant screw pine
Local Names
Keora (India)
Description
A large shrub with large leaves spirally arranged. Leaves glaucous, green, ensiform,caudate, acuminate, coriaceous with spines on the margins and on the midrib. Spadixof male flowers up to 50cm long, with numerous subsessile cylindric spikes, enclosedin long white, fragrant, caudate acuminate spathes; spadix of female flowers solitary.Fruit an oblong or globose syncarpium, yellow or red. (India)
Uses
Parkinson’s disease, leprosy, smallpox, scabies, syphilis, leucoderma, ear ache,headache, rheumatism (India)
Diuretic, boils, tonic (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Pandanus tectorius (GRIN)

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