Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.
Dublin Core
Title
Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.
Subject
Taxonomy
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Order : Pandanales
Family : Pandanaceae
Genus : Pandanus Parkinson
Species : Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.
Common Name
Pandan wangi, Fragrant pandan, fragrant screwpine
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Order : Pandanales
Family : Pandanaceae
Genus : Pandanus Parkinson
Species : Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.
Common Name
Pandan wangi, Fragrant pandan, fragrant screwpine
Description
Characteristics
Morphology
Stem
Stem is slender, about 2–5 cm thick.
Leaves
Leaves green to pale green, broad, linear, prominent twin lateral pleats above, the margins entire except at leaf apex with presence of few prickles with 1 mm long; adult leaves are about 80–110 cm long and 6–8 cm wide with rather abruptly rounded or acute tip.
Flowers
Male flowers are extremely rare, and there is no scientific description of a female flower for this species.
Plant part used
Leaves
Traditional Uses
List of Country
Pandanus amaryllifolius is native to Maluku. It has been introduced to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
Red List Category
This taxon has not yet been assessed.
P. amaryllifoliusis a shrub that grows in clumps in two forms: up to height of 1.6 m as small form and up to 4.5 m as large form
Morphology
Stem
Stem is slender, about 2–5 cm thick.
Leaves
Leaves green to pale green, broad, linear, prominent twin lateral pleats above, the margins entire except at leaf apex with presence of few prickles with 1 mm long; adult leaves are about 80–110 cm long and 6–8 cm wide with rather abruptly rounded or acute tip.
Flowers
Male flowers are extremely rare, and there is no scientific description of a female flower for this species.
Plant part used
Leaves
Traditional Uses
- Traditionally, the fresh leaves of P. amaryllifoliusare applied to hair and as a lotion to treat measles and anaemia. It is used as in a drought to treat gonorrhoea, syphilis and sapraemia and also used for bathing after childbirth. After soaking of the leaves of P. amaryllifoliusin coconut oil, the oil was used externally as a sedative for restlessness.
- P. amaryllifoliusis one of the essential elements in the cooking of South-east Asian cuisine. It is used as a colorant (green colour), fragrant imparter and an appetite stimulant. It is made used of in cooking of rice like nasi lemak, meats and sweets.
- The leaves of P. amaryllifolius are used in the treatment of chicken pox and small pox in the form of a lotion made from pounded leaves.The ashes of the leaves mixed in vinegar are applied on the rashes of measles
- In the treatment of gonorrhoea, syphilis and dengue a draught of the leaves are being given to the patient. Another way of using it for these conditions is to extract the juice by pounding a few leaves and squeezing out the juice.
- Rheumatic pains and body aches is treated by making an embrocating of the leaves in coconut oil. This medicated oil is massaged on to the effected region.
- Thai traditional practitioners used the roots of P. amaryllifolius to treat their diabetic patients.
- Properties including antimicrobial activity, antidiabetic activity, antioxidant activity and anticancer activity
List of Country
Pandanus amaryllifolius is native to Maluku. It has been introduced to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
Red List Category
This taxon has not yet been assessed.
Source
Publisher
Amirah Syahmina binti Alwi
Contributor
Amirah Syahmina binti Alwi
Language
English
Collection
Citation
“Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.,” BIDARA, accessed February 4, 2026, https://bidara.uthm.edu.my/items/show/991.