Species · genus Pandanus · Pandanaceae

Screw Pine

Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi

Also known as: Tahitian Screwpine · Beach Pandanus · Hala · Thatch Screwpine · Pandanus Palm · Textile Screwpine

Growth habit

tree

Native range

Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is.

Reference · P. tectorius

Cultivars of P. tectorius

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

No named cultivars catalogued under P. tectorius 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 tectorius is a coastal Pacific tree adapted to bright, open shorelines and sandy, fast-draining soils. Give it the brightest indirect spot you can, or filtered sun, and plant it in a gritty, free-draining mix that never stays soggy. Water when the top inch or two of mix has dried out, then water thoroughly; in lower light or cooler months let it run drier between waterings.

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

Medium

Temperature

18–32 °C

Soil mix

Sandy, salt-tolerant free-draining mix

Propagation

Suckers or seed

Fertilizing

Light balanced feed monthly while actively growing

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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