Family name: Pandanaceae (Pandanus family) English names:
Screwpine, Pandanus Pohnpeian name: Kipar Kosraen name: Mweng
Chuukese name: Fach Yapese name: Choy Habit: Shrub or tree. It
grows up to 25 feet (8m) or more in height, with aerial prop
roots and prickly stem. Leaves: Linear leaves spirally arranged
at branch tips, up to 6 feet (2m) or more length, M-shaped in
cross section, margins and midrib of lower surface prickly
(serrate). Flowers: Male flowers tiny, in dense, white
inflorescences with large white bracts. Female flowers in a
head. Both appear at branch tips. Fruit: Globose shape,
separated pieces (phalanges) are tooth-like shape (angular),
wedge-shape orange sections (prudes) are edible, husk fibrous,
one to several-seeded. Location & Habituation: Pandanus
tectorius is native to all the archipelagoes of Micronesia. It
is found all over Micronesia due to its growing advantage on
rocky and sandy shores of atolls and high islands. Micronesia is
mostly consists of atolls and high islands, thus abets