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Pandanus elatus is a dioecious tropical plant in the screwpine genus. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean. Its specific epithet comes from the Latin elatus (tall), in reference to its growth habit.[2]

Pandanus elatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Pandanales
Family:	Pandanaceae
Genus:	Pandanus
Species:	P. elatus
Binomial name
Pandanus elatus Ridl.[1]

Description

Pandanus elatus is an erect tree, with basal prop roots, that grows to 20 m in height. Its leaves grow to 3 m long and 100 mm wide, dark green and with marginal prickles. The plants do not form the densely tangled thickets that characterise P. christmatensis.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Found only on Christmas Island, the tree is found on deeper soils in the rainforest, sometimes in small groves.[2]

Taxonomy

The tree is closely related to P. leram Jones, of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the southern coasts of Sumatra and western Java.[2]

References

Notes

Sources

• Ridley, H.N. (1906). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 45: 239. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
• "Pandanus elatus Ridl". Flora of Australia Online. Australian Biological Resources Study. 1993. Retrieved 2010-11-23.

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