🌿 Botanical Name
Pandanus tectorius
👨‍👩‍👦 Family
Pandanaceae.
🗣️ Vernacular Names
Polynesian screw pine.
🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
August – October.
🌍 Distribution
Distributed from Philippines to Hawaii through the Pacific.
💡 Status
Least Concern.

Description: Large branching woody shrub, with more or less decumbent stem. Leaves ensiform, attractive, variegated, margins with white, slightly curved prickles, midrib prickly throughout.

Uses: Commonly grown as a hedge plant.