Pandanus utilis, commonly known as common screwpine or pimento thatch, is a species of monocot in the genus Pandanus, native to the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, and naturalised in Madagascar (where it has often been thought native), the Seychelles, and elsewhere.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Common screwpine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pandanus tectorius
- Pandanus furcatus
- Pandanus solms-laubachii
- Pandanus odorifer
- Pandanus cookii
- Pandanus dubius
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Pandanales
- Family
- Pandanaceae
- Genus
- Pandanus
- Species
- Pandanus utilis
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