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Pandanus livingstonianus (Screw-pine)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Pandanales > Family: Pandanaceae > Genus: Pandanus

Pandanus livingstonianus (Screw-pine) Pandanus livingstonianus (Screw-pine)

Pandanus livingstonianus, road to Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani, Mozambique. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Mozambique]

Pandanus livingstonianus, road to Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani, Mozambique. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Mozambique]  

Within southern Africa, this species has only been recorded from Mozambique. Plants grow to a height of 13 m.

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References

  • Palgrave, K.C. and Palgrave, M.C. 2002. Trees of Southern Africa. 3rd Edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.