Pandanaceae
Tahitian screwpine
Pandanus tectorius
- Family
- Pandanaceae
- Genus
- Pandanus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Tahitian screwpine
Flowers
- 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
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: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sosno, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Colleen Ensor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Claudia Melcher Sasson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: zara66 Ziaja-Ahr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Elisabeth julhan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Erik Wahrenbruch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.