Pandanus verruculosus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Pandanus verruculosus Backer ex B.C. Stone

Family: Pandanaceae

Synonyms

Pandanus kokoa St. John.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: jare (southern Halmahera), kokoa, manarama (northern Halmahera).

Distribution

Indonesia (Halmahera), wild and cultivated.

Uses

The leaves are used to tack "kakoja" mats consisting of two layers: the outer layer is made from P. verruculosus leaves, and the lining is from leaves of P. papuanus Solms-Laubach.

Observations

A dioecious tree, stem up to 6 m tall and 13 cm in diameter, usually unbranched, without prop roots, somewhat tortuous, dark brown, with some greyish-white spines. Leaves linear, 5 m × 14 cm, margins and underside midrib with prickles, underside glaucous. Male inflorescence unknown. Female inflorescence an axillary head, subglobose, 12-15 cm in diameter, on a short peduncle; drupes numerous, narrowly 5-6-angular pyramidal, 6 mm wide, endocarp 5-6 mm long. P. verruculosus occurs dispersed at low altitudes. According to B.C. Stone, P. verruculosus is classified in subgenus Acrostigma , section Acrostigma .

Selected sources

71, 179.

Authors

M. Brink, P.C.M. Jansen & C.H. Bosch