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Tahitian Screwpine (Pandanus Tectorius) Native Growing Regions: Hawaii

• Category: Monocot
• Genus: Pandanus
• Family: Pandanaceae
• Order: Pandanales
• Class: Liliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Tree
• Native Status: HI (I) PR (I)
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: H(FAC*)
• After Harvest Regrowth Rate: None
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: Yes
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: White
• Flower Conspicuous: Yes
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate
• Foliage Texture: Coarse
• Fruit/Seed Color: Yellow
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
• Growth Form: Single Crown
• Growth Rate: Rapid
• Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 30
• Height Mature (feet): 10
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Short
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: No
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: No
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: No
• Anaerobic Tolerance: Medium
• Cold Stratification Required: Yes
• Fertility Requirement: High
• Fire Tolerance: Medium
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 365
• Hedge Tolerance: Low
• pH (Minimum): 6
• pH (Maximum): 7.5
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 320
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 640
• Precipitation (Minimum): 8
• Precipitation (Maximum): 320
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 36
• Salinity Tolerance: Medium
• Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
• Temperature Minimum (°F): 40
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Year Round
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Year Round
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
• Propagated by Bare Root: No
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: No
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: Yes
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed Spread Rate: Moderate
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: Moderate

Tahitian Screwpine (Pandanus Tectorius)

Pandanus Tectorius, or more commonly know as Tahitian Screwpine, is a tree with green foliage and white flowers of the genus Pandanus. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 10 feet at maturity. It’s duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Pandanus Tectorius or Tahitian Screwpine‘s floral region is Hawaii and Puerto Rico, specifically in the state of Hawaii.

Tags: Green, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta, Monocot, Pandanaceae, Pandanales, Pandanus, Perennial, Rapid, Single Crown, Tree

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