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''Pandanus sechellarum'' ("Vakwa maron") is a species of plant in the family
This large species (up to 15 meters in height) has extremely large and prominent stilt-roots, that grow individually and far apart, from high up on the trunk.
Its medium-sized (30 cm), spherical fruit-body contains about 70 individual fruit segments, and hangs from the stem on a stalk.
Pandanaceae
Pandanaceae is a family of flowering plants native to the tropics and subtropics of the Old World, from West Africa through the Pacific. It contains 982 known species in five genera, of which the type genus, ''Pandanus'', is the most important, wi ...
. It is one of five species of ''Pandanus
''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with some 750 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. The greatest number of species are found in Madagascar and Malaysia. Common names ...
'' that are endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to Seychelles.
Description
This large species (up to 15 meters in height) has extremely large and prominent stilt-roots, that grow individually and far apart, from high up on the trunk.
Its medium-sized (30 cm), spherical fruit-body contains about 70 individual fruit segments, and hangs from the stem on a stalk.
Distribution and habitat
''Pandanus sechellarum'' was formerly one of the most common species in the indigenous vegetation of the Seychelles, to which it isendemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
.
Currently it is usually found on steep terrain, river valleys or in accessible mountain tops.
Other indigenous ''Pandanus
''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with some 750 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. The greatest number of species are found in Madagascar and Malaysia. Common names ...
'' of the Seychelles include '' Pandanus balfourii'', ''Pandanus hornei
''Pandanus hornei'' (''Vakwa Parasol'', or ''Vacoa Parasol'') is a species of plant in the Pandan, or Screwpine family (Pandanaceae), one of several ''Pandanus'' species that are endemic to the Seychelles.
Description
This species is a tall (15 ...
'' and ''Pandanus multispicatus
''Pandanus multispicatus'' (Vakwa de Montanny) is a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, one of several ''Pandanus'' species that are endemic to the Seychelles.
Description
This is the only ''Pandanus'' of Seychelles that does not become ...
''. The Madagascan species ''Pandanus utilis
''Pandanus utilis'', the common screwpine is, despite its name, a monocot and not a pine.
It is native to Madagascar and naturalised in Mauritius and the Seychelles.
Description
The trunk features aerial prop roots. The leaves are linear and spi ...
'' is introduced and is now also widespread.
References
sechellarum Trees of Seychelles Vulnerable plants Endemic flora of Seychelles Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Plants described in 1877 Taxa named by Isaac Bayley Balfour {{Pandanales-stub