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Freycinetia sumatrana

Botanic Family

Pandanaceae

Author

Hemsley

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Andaman Is. - India
• Java
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Kedah
• Malacca
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Sarawak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Lowland & montane rainforest forest
• swamp forest.

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Robust hemi-epiphytic liana to 20m. Glabrous coriaceous leaves to 1.35m x 35mm with denticulate spiny margins spirally arranged in 3 ranks, white leaf sheath purplish-red when young.Terminal umbels with creamy to pure white bracts, outer bracts sometimes tinged pinkish, dark brown. 3-4 spirally arranged green to yellow-green cephalia to 190mm long. Fruiting spadix to 110mm x 25mm. Berry smelling of meat to 20mm long

Further References

• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• GBS
• Merrill