Australian Pandanus Trees

Information about Australian Pandanus Trees

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Often called Pandanus Palms, these plants are not closely related to palm trees. There are about 600 species of Pandanus in the world, and different species vary in size. They commonly have a broad canopy and heavy fruits, leaves and branches which is why they often grow large prop roots to support all that weight.

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Uses of Pandanus Fruit and Leaf in Australia
Pandanus plants are either male or female plants. They have large fruit that turns gradually from green to red as they mature. The fruit is eatable in many species and Aboriginal People used pandanus fruits as medicine and food. Pandanus leaves are heavy and strong, and were also used by indigenous people for clothing, fishing and as decorations. Animals like bats, crabs and rats are also known to eat Pandanus fruit.

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Screw Palm (Pandanus spiralis) is the commonest of Australian pandanus trees. It is found in the whole Kimberleys in Western Australia, the northern third of the Northern Territory, and the whole Cape York peninsula including inland, and further south until Mackay coast. It grows up to 12m high, and it’s got prop roots, a brown trunk, dull green leaves with a whitish bloom, small white flowers and fruits arranged in pineapple-like clusters.

Screw Pine (Pandanus tectorius) is the largest species that can grow up to 18m high, and has prop roots, pale grey trunk, mid-green to bluish-green leaves, and fruits in pineapple-like clusters. It is found along the eastern coast of Australia between Byron Bay in New South Wales and the top of Cape York peninsula in Queensland.

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Pandanus (Pandanus gemmifer) grows up to 8m high, has prop roots, a pale brown trunk, dark green, thick leathery leaves, and fruits that are arranged in pineapple-like clusters. It is found along the coast of northern Queensland between Innisfail in south and Iron Range National Park on the Cape York peninsula in north.

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River Pandanus (Pandanus aquaticus) is the smallest of Australian pandanus trees. It grows up to 5m tall and has a pinkish-brown trunk, creamy-white flowers, bluish-green leaves and green fruits that turn red as they ripen, arranged in globular clusters. River Pandanus is found in the Top End of Northern Territory, and in a few small pockets in the Kimberley region in Western Australia, and Lawn Hill National Park area in north-western outback Queensland.

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