Species · genus Pandanus · Pandanaceae

Screw-pine

Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze

Growth habit

tree

Native range

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nicobar Is., Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Reference · P. odorifer

Cultivars of P. odorifer

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under P. odorifer yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Pandanus odorifer is a tropical coastal tree from the Pandanaceae family, native across South and Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean islands, where it grows in warm, humid seaside conditions. It tolerates bright light and warmth but prefers a free-draining mix; let the top inch or two of soil dry before watering again, then water thoroughly. Give it space, warmth, and good airflow, and avoid letting it sit in standing water.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

18–32 °C

Soil mix

Sandy, free-draining mix

Propagation

Suckers or seed

Fertilizing

Light balanced feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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