Pandanus odorifer
species of tree
Pandanus odorifer is an aromatic monocot species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, native to South East Asia, the Andaman Islands, the Philippines, and is also found wild in southern India and Burma. It is commonly known as fragrant screw-pine.
Names
In addition to screw-pine, other common English names for the tree include kewda, fragrant screwpine, umbrella tree and screw tree.
In India, the tree goes by a variety of names, many deriving from the Sanskrit kētakī. in Kannada called ಕೇದಿಗೆ in Malayalam called pookkaitha and its flower known as thaazhampoo, In Tamil, it is called kaithai (கைதை) and tāḻai (தாழை) and both are mentioned in Sangam literature. It is called mogali (మొగలి) in Telugu. In Arabic-speaking countries, the tree is referred to as al-kādī (Arabic: الكادي). In Japan, the tree is called adan (アダン [阿檀]) and grows throughout most of the islands of Okinawa Prefecture, including the Okinawa Islands and Sakishima Islands, as well as the Tokara Islands and Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture.
P. odorifer grows widely at the St. Martin's Island of Bangladesh, although many have been destroyed by mass tourism initiatives.
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