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Freycinetia banksii

Botanic Family

Pandanaceae

Author

A. Cunningham

Propagation

A.D.S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• New Zealand

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest or coastal scrub. Flower bracts sweet & edible
• fruit edible

Flowering Times

• Sep-Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Feb

Woody evergreen root climber with 8mm white to purplish flower bracts, aromatic flowers 70mm spadix, fruit to 10mm long

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FONZ
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2