EPPO Global Database

Pandanus tectorius(PADTE)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PADTE
  • Preferred name: Pandanus tectorius
  • Authority: Parkinson ex Du Roi

Notes

Malesia (Java, Philippines), New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), south Pacific islands generally.  Cultivated as an ornamental , and for making hats, baskets etc. (a variegated variety is widely used). Introduced in Mexico, Central America, Caribbean


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Pandanus fragrans Gaudichaud-Beaupré
Pandanus laevis Loureiro
Pandanus sanderi Masters
Pandanus spurius Miquel

Common names
Name Language
pandang English
pandanus palm English
seashore screwpine English
textile screwpine English
variegated screwpine English
walking tree English
chinesischer Schraubenbaum German
duftender Schraubenbaum German
bakoua French (MQ)
baquais French
vacouet French
palma de cinta Spanish
ananasso della Cina Italian
pandano Portuguese
kifutakonoki Japanese
キフタコノキ Japanese
mengkuang duri Indonesian