Pandanus odorifer is an aromatic monocot species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, native to South East Asia, the Andaman Islands, the Philippines, and is also found wild in southern India and Burma. It is commonly known as fragrant screw-pine.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Screw-pine 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
- Freycinetia formosana
- Pandanus gemmifer
- Pandanus solms-laubachii
- Pandanus utilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Pandanales
- Family
- Pandanaceae
- Genus
- Pandanus
- Species
- Pandanus odorifer
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