useful screw pine

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A tender, evergreen, palm-like tree to 6m, bearing glossy, sword-shaped leaves with stiff red spines along the margins. The foliage is arranged in a spiralling formation at the branch tips

Scientific classification

Species: useful screw pine (Pandanus utilis)
Genus: Pandanus
Family: Pandanaceae

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Toxicity: Trees
Plant type: 4-8 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Evergreen
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Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun
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Ideal temperature

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Distribution of useful screw pine

Distribution map

Madagascar

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of useful screw pine

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useful screw pine care guide

Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought or waterlogging
Watering: Full sun
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Ideal temperature

Watering

Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought or waterlogging

Fertilizing

Balanced feed in spring and light repeat in growth season

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.

Propagation

Propagate by sowing pre-soaked seed as soon as ripe or in spring; remove suckers or offsets in spring

Growing

Under glass, grow in loam-based potting compost in full light. In growth, water moderately and apply a balanced liquid feed monthly; water sparingly in winter

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