Pandanaceae

Tahitian screwpine

Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi

Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Pandanus

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Tahitian screwpine (Pandanus tectorius) — FlowerPhoto: CYL, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (32)

Arabic: كاذي سقفي, كادي
arz: كاذى سقفى, باندانوس بابينوينسيس
Bangla: কেয়া, কেতকী
Burmese: ဆတ်သွားဖူးပင်, ဆပ်သွားဖူးပင်
Cantonese: 林茶
Chinese: 露兜树, 露兜樹, 林投, 橹罟子, 路兜簕, 露兜树（露兜簕）, 露兜竻心, 露兜竻花
Dutch: Geurende schroefpalm
English: Tahitian screwpine, Beach pandan, Hala fruit, Hala tree, Pu hala, Thatch screwpine, New Britain Island screwpine, Veitch's screwpine
Finnish: Kirjokairapalmu
French: ''Pandanus tectorius'' var. ''laevis'', Bakoua, Paekore, Pae’ore
German: Bakoua
hak: Tàu
Hindi: केवड़ा
Hungarian: Illatos csavarpálma
Indonesian: Pandan Pudak
Japanese: アダン, シマタコノキ
Javanese: Pandhan eri
Malay: Pandan laut
Marathi: केवडा
nan: Nâ-tâu
Odia: କେତକୀ
Persian: برگ خنجری
Polish: Pandan połaciowy, Pandan wonny
Portuguese: Pândano
Russian: Кетаки, Пандан ароматнейший
ryu: アダニ, アダーヌキ, メンメンギー, ンギ
Sindhi: ڪيتڪي
Swedish: Flätskruvpalm
Tamil: கைதை
Thai: เตยทะเล, ปะหนัน, ลำเจียก
Tongan: Fā
ty: Fara, Pae’ore

Synonyms

Corypha laevis (Lour.) A.Chev.
Pandanus absonus H.St.John
Pandanus adscendens H.St.John
Pandanus aequor H.St.John
Pandanus aitutakiensis H.St.John
Pandanus akiakiensis H.St.John
Pandanus ala-kai Martelli
Pandanus amplexus H.St.John
Pandanus angulosus H.St.John
Pandanus anisos H.St.John
Pandanus aoraiensis H.St.John
Pandanus apionops H.St.John
Pandanus asauensis H.St.John
Pandanus ater H.St.John
Pandanus baptistii Misonne
Pandanus bassus H.St.John
Pandanus bathys H.St.John
Pandanus benignus H.St.John
Pandanus bergmanii F.Br.
Pandanus bicurvatus H.St.John
Pandanus blakei H.St.John
Pandanus boraboraensis H.St.John
Pandanus bothreus H.St.John
Pandanus bowenensis H.St.John
Pandanus brachypodus Kaneh.
Pandanus brownii H.St.John
Pandanus cacuminatus H.St.John
Pandanus carolinensis Martelli
Pandanus chamissonis Gaudich.
Pandanus charancanus Kaneh.
Pandanus christophersenii H.St.John
Pandanus collatus H.St.John
Pandanus complanatus H.St.John
Pandanus cooperi (Martelli) H.St.John
Pandanus coronatus Martelli
Pandanus coronatus f. minor Martelli
Pandanus crassiaculeatus H.St.John
Pandanus crassus H.St.John
Pandanus crustatus Martelli
Pandanus crustatus f. minor Martelli

and 266 more.

Flowers

In flower: February to March, June, August, October, December (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: CYL, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Shelomi Doyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Marshman~commonswiki assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brecht Verstraete, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sassi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: PenaTulip, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: gemsara, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Graham Cleaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sosno, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.