Pandanaceae

Common screwpine

Pandanus utilis Bory

Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Pandanus

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Common names

By language (14)

Arabic: كاذي نافع, بندانس
arz: كاذى نافع
Belarusian: Пандан карысны
Cantonese: 紅刺林投
Chinese: 扇叶露兜树, 紅刺露兜樹, 扇叶露兜
Czech: Pandán prospěšný
English: Common screwpine
Estonian: Tarbe-kruvipuu
French: Vacoa, Palmier à vis, Vacois, Vacoua, Vaquois
Japanese: アカタコノキ
Latvian: Ēdamais pandāns
Persian: پاندانوس
Polish: Pandan trwały
Russian: Пандан полезный

Synonyms

Hasskarlia globosa Walp.
Marquartia globosa Hassk.
Pandanus flabelliformis Carrière
Pandanus maritimus Thouars
Pandanus nudus Thouars
Pandanus odoratissimus Jacq.
Pandanus sativus Thouars
Pandanus utilis var. stephanocarpa (Gaudich.) Brongn.
Pandanus vacqua Carm. ex Balf.f.
Vinsonia consanguinea Gaudich. ex Balf.f.
Vinsonia macrostigma Gaudich. ex Balf.f.
Vinsonia media Gaudich. ex Balf.f.
Vinsonia propinqua Gaudich. ex Balf.f.
Vinsonia stephanocarpa Gaudich.
Vinsonia striata Gaudich. ex Balf.f.
Vinsonia thouarsii Gaudich. ex Balf.f.
Vinsonia utilis Gaudich.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.