Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPandanales
FamilyPandanaceae
GenusPandanus
Scientific name with authorshipPandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi
Indexed scientific synonyms
Corypha laevis (Lour.) A.Chev.Pandanus absonus H.St.JohnPandanus adscendens H.St.JohnPandanus aequor H.St.JohnPandanus aitutakiensis H.St.JohnPandanus akiakiensis H.St.JohnPandanus ala-kai MartelliPandanus amplexus H.St.JohnPandanus angulosus H.St.JohnPandanus anisos H.St.JohnPandanus aoraiensis H.St.JohnPandanus apionops H.St.JohnPandanus asauensis H.St.JohnPandanus ater H.St.JohnPandanus baptistii MisonnePandanus bassus H.St.JohnPandanus bathys H.St.JohnPandanus benignus H.St.JohnPandanus bergmanii F.Br.Pandanus bicurvatus H.St.JohnPandanus blakei H.St.JohnPandanus boraboraensis H.St.JohnPandanus bothreus H.St.JohnPandanus bowenensis H.St.JohnPandanus brachypodus Kaneh.Pandanus brownii H.St.JohnPandanus bullii Warb.Pandanus cacuminatus H.St.JohnPandanus calostigma f. samoanus MartelliPandanus carolinensis MartelliPandanus chamissonis Gaudich.Pandanus charancanus Kaneh.Pandanus christophersenii H.St.JohnPandanus collatus H.St.JohnPandanus complanatus H.St.JohnPandanus cooperi (Martelli) H.St.JohnPandanus coronatus MartelliPandanus coronatus f. minor MartelliPandanus crassiaculeatus H.St.JohnPandanus crassus H.St.JohnPandanus crustatus MartelliPandanus crustatus f. minor MartelliPandanus cylindricus Kaneh.Pandanus cylindricus var. sinnau Kaneh.Pandanus cymatilis H.St.JohnPandanus decorus K.KochPandanus dhaenei PynaertPandanus dicheres H.St.JohnPandanus dilatatus Kaneh.Pandanus discolor Anon.Pandanus distinctus MartelliPandanus divaricatus H.St.JohnPandanus divergens Kaneh.Pandanus dotyi H.St.JohnPandanus douglasii Gaudich.Pandanus drakei H.St.JohnPandanus drolletianus MartelliPandanus duriocarpoides Kaneh.Pandanus duriocarpus MartelliPandanus edwinii H.St.JohnPandanus elevatus H.St.JohnPandanus enchabiensis Kaneh.Pandanus erythrophloeus Kaneh.Pandanus evexus H.St.JohnPandanus exilis H.St.JohnPandanus exilis var. juddii H.St.JohnPandanus extralittoralis H.St.JohnPandanus eyesyes Kaneh.Pandanus fahina H.St.JohnPandanus faramaa H.St.JohnPandanus fatuhivaensis H.St.JohnPandanus fatyanion (Kaneh.) Hosok.Pandanus ferulifer H.St.JohnPandanus filiciatilis H.St.JohnPandanus fischerianus MartelliPandanus fischerianus f. bergmanii (F.Br.) B.C.StonePandanus fischerianus f. bryanii B.C.StonePandanus fischerianus f. compressus B.C.StonePandanus fischerianus var. bryanii B.C.StonePandanus fischerianus var. cooperi (Martelli) B.C.StonePandanus fischerianus var. rockii (Martelli) B.C.StonePandanus flintinsularis H.St.JohnPandanus fragrans Gaudich.Pandanus fragrans f. koidzumii (Hosok.) B.C.StonePandanus fragrans f. marianus B.C.StonePandanus fragrans f. megastigma B.C.StonePandanus fragrans f. rotensis (Hosok.) B.C.StonePandanus fragrans f. savannarum B.C.StonePandanus fragrans f. tinianensis B.C.StonePandanus futunaensis H.St.JohnPandanus gambierensis H.St.JohnPandanus glomerosus H.St.JohnPandanus grantii H.St.JohnPandanus guamensis MartelliPandanus haapaiensis H.St.JohnPandanus hendersonensis H.St.JohnPandanus heronensis H.St.JohnPandanus hivaoaensis H.St.JohnPandanus horneinsularum H.St.JohnPandanus hosinoi Kaneh.
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Animal food
Environmental use
Material
Social use
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier895770-1
Use codesAF EU HF MA ME SU
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Useful Plants of New GuineaPlant Resources of South-East Asia
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.