Taxon: Pandanus fascicularis Lam.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• padang   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  
• pandan laut   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 17:198.) – Indonesian
  
• pandan pasir   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 17:198.) – Indonesian (Java)
  
• pandan laut   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 17:198.) – Malay
  
• sabotan   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 17:198.) – Philippine
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (kewda ("keura") attar & kewda water added to various foods fide Purseglove, Trop. crops, Monocots 2:513. 1972)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (used in making perfume, kewda ("keura") attar, in India, fide Purseglove, Trop. crops, Monocots 2:513. 1972)
  
• Materials: fiber   (to make various items, including "sabotan hats" in Philippines, fide Pl Res SEAs 17:198-199. 2003)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan; Hong Kong
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines
• PACIFIC
  Northwestern Pacific: Micronesia

References:

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. [= P. odoratissimus L. f.].
• Brink, M. & R. P. Escobin, eds. 2003. Fibre plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 17:197–205. [= P. odoratissimus L. f.].
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. [= P. odoratissimus L. f.].
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. [= P. odoratissimus L. f.].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:304.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Pullaiah, T. et al. 1997–1998. Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India).
• Purseglove, J. W. 1968–1972. Tropical crops: Monocotyledons. 513.
• Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
• Turner, I. M. 1995. A catalogue of the vascular plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bull. Singapore vol. 47. [= P. odoratissimus L. f.].
• Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). 1993–. Flora Madhya Pradesh. [= P. odoratissimus L. f.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pandanus fascicularis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pandanus fascicularis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Pandanus fascicularis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Pandanus odoratissimus auct.
  
• (=) Pandanus odorifer auct.
  
• (=) Pandanus tectorius var. sinensis Warb.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Pandanus fascicularis Lam.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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