Pandanus cookii

Screw Pine

Pandanaceae 

Form and Size: A small palm-like tree 6-10m high.

Distribution: North-eastern Qld.; on beachfront dunes, along streams and around swampy areas.

Leaves: Narrow, tapering to a long point, to l.5m long, blue-green, margins prickly, arranged spirally and crowded towards the ends of branches.

Flowers: Inconspicuous. Separate male and female plants.

Fruit: Wedge-shaped, woody, packed tightly in pineapple-sized composite heads, orange-red when ripe.

Cultivation/Notes: Propagate from seed or division of basal offshoots. Prefers well drained soils, but is a hardy plant under most conditions.  Previously Pandanus whitei.