Pandanus spicatus
Pandanus spicatus a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae. It is native to Madagascar.[2]
| Pandanus spicatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Pandanaceae |
| Genus: | Pandanus |
| Species: | P. spicatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pandanus spicatus H.St.John | |
Description
Pandanus spicatus is a small tree first collected in 1961 in dense moist forests of northern Madagascar. It grows to 8 m tall, with a 15 cm diameter trunk and no prop roots.[3] Several suberect branches grow from the top of the tree. These are 15 cm in diameter with broad conic spines and covered with persistent leaf bases.[3] Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 3 m long and 15–16.5 cm wide. Fruiting structures are terminal, stand erect and have up to 9 complex fruits (syncarps), concealed in erect or ascending leaves. Fruits are egg-shaped, 9 cm long and 7 cm in diameter.[3] It produces flowers and fruits in August, September, and November.[1]
Range and habitat
It is known from only one locality, Amber Mountain National Park and the associated Amber Forest Reserve, in northern Madagascar.[4] There are two known subpopulations.[1]
It lives in montane humid and subhumid evergreen forests between 990 and 1,230 meters elevation.[1]
References
- Manjato, N. 2020. Pandanus spicatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T62592222A62592226. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T62592222A62592226.en. Accessed on 25 September 2022.
- "Pandanus spicatus H.St.John | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- St. John, Harold. Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 27 Pandanus Novelties from Madagascar. Pacific Science, Vol. XXII, January 1968
- "Pandanus spicatus H. St. John". Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar. Tropicos. Retrieved 2021-03-14.