Pandanus odorifer(Forssk.) Kuntze

WFO wfo-0000730924 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pandanus odorifer, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-11 / obs. 196778850
Pandanus odorifer, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. b Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192801553
Pandanus odorifer, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196990602
Pandanus odorifer, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196992392
Pandanus odorifer, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190614055
Pandanus odorifer, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191583351
Pandanus odorifer, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190581963
Pandanus odorifer, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190580356

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Pandanus odorifer is native: Aldabra, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanBangladeshBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnam AldabraNansei-shotoAndaman Is.Laccadive Is.MaldivesNicobar Is.South China Sea
Native distribution of Pandanus odorifer, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maldives MDV
Myanmar MYA
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
South China Sea SCS
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Aldabra ALD AFRICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 68 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Athrodactylis spinosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Bromelia sylvestris Burm.f.
  • Eydouxia delessertii Gaudich.
  • Hasskarlia leucacantha Walp.
  • Keura odora Thunb.
  • Keura odorifera Forssk.
  • Marquartia leucacantha Hassk.
  • Pandanus adduensis H.St.John
  • Pandanus albibracteatus H.St.John
  • Pandanus alloios H.St.John
  • Pandanus ambiglaucus H.St.John
  • Pandanus blancoi Kunth
  • Pandanus boryi Gaudich.
  • Pandanus carnosus H.St.John
  • Pandanus chelyon H.St.John
  • Pandanus delessertii Warb.
  • Pandanus fascicularis Lam.
  • Pandanus fosbergii H.St.John
  • Pandanus globosus H.St.John
  • Pandanus hartmanii H.St.John
  • Pandanus hendersonii H.St.John
  • Pandanus hueensis H.St.John
  • Pandanus impar H.St.John
  • Pandanus inclinatus H.St.John

and 44 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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