Pandanus montanus

Species of flowering plant

Pandanus montanus

Small specimen in cultivation at the Berlin Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Pandanales
Family:  | Pandanaceae
Genus:  | Pandanus
Species:  |

P. montanus

Binomial name
Pandanus montanus

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Pandanus montanus ("Baquois redresse") is a species of monocots in the genus Pandanus, endemic to Réunion in wet forest and swamp at an elevation of 400–1700 meters.

## Description[edit]

It is a small, slender tree of 3–5 m in height. Its fruit-head is initially held up erectly, but droops down and becomes dark red when ripe. Each fruit head is packed with red, dome-shaped drupes.

* Fruit-head, born erect until it is ripe.

* Fruit-head detail of the reddish ripe drupes.

* Adult specimen in habitat

## Synonyms[edit]

* Pandanus borbonicus Huynh
* Pandanus erigens Thouars
* Pandanus gaudichaudii Martelli
* Sussea conoidea Gaudich.
* Sussea microcarpa Gaudich.

## References[edit]

* Cirad (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) entry

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q3553144
* CoL: 6TKRQ
* EoL: 1081852
* EPPO: PADMO
* GBIF: 5327619
* IPNI: 671230-1
* NCBI: 1366446
* Open Tree of Life: 3967514
* Plant List: kew-286385
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:671230-1
* Tropicos: 23900024
* WFO: wfo-0000731295

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