Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Du Roi

Tahitian screwpine

WFO wfo-0000725426 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pandanus tectorius, photographed by Don Loarie
fig. a Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 203743363
Pandanus tectorius, photographed by Gary Williams
fig. b Gary Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202036131
Pandanus tectorius, photographed by Gary Williams
fig. c Gary Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 198590882
Pandanus tectorius, photographed by Gary Williams
fig. d Gary Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 198590840
Pandanus tectorius, photographed by Gary Williams
fig. e Gary Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 198590745
Pandanus tectorius, photographed by ronavery
fig. f ronavery, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189791150
Pandanus tectorius, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186830667
Pandanus tectorius, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. h Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180749494

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Pandanus tectorius is native: Bismarck Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., New South Wales, Queensland, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Line Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Pitcairn Is., Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is. Bismarck ArchipelagoJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.New South WalesQueenslandFijiHawaiiNew Caledonia Caroline Is.Cook Is.Line Is.MarianasMarquesasMarshall Is.NauruNiuePitcairn Is.SamoaSociety Is.Tokelau-ManihikiTongaTuamotuTubuai Is.TuvaluVanuatuWake I.Wallis-Futuna Is.
Native distribution of Pandanus tectorius, 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
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Cook Is. COO
Fiji FIJ
Gilbert Is. GIL
Hawaii HAW
Line Is. LIN
Marianas MRN
Marquesas MRQ
Marshall Is. MRS
Nauru NRU
New Caledonia NWC
Niue NUE
Pitcairn Is. PIT
Samoa SAM
Santa Cruz Is. SCZ
Society Is. SCI
Tokelau-Manihiki TOK
Tonga TON
Tuamotu TUA
Tubuai Is. TUB
Tuvalu TUV
Vanuatu VAN
Wake I. WAK
Wallis-Futuna Is. WAL
Bismarck Archipelago BIS ASIA-TROPICAL
Cocos (Keeling) Is. CKI
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD

Not drawn on the map: Cocos (Keeling) Is., Gilbert Is., Santa Cruz Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

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 306 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.

  • Corypha laevis (Lour.) A.Chev.
  • Pandanus absonus H.St.John
  • Pandanus adscendens H.St.John
  • Pandanus aequor H.St.John
  • Pandanus aitutakiensis H.St.John
  • Pandanus akiakiensis H.St.John
  • Pandanus ala-kai Martelli
  • Pandanus amplexus H.St.John
  • Pandanus angulosus H.St.John
  • Pandanus anisos H.St.John
  • Pandanus aoraiensis H.St.John
  • Pandanus apionops H.St.John
  • Pandanus asauensis H.St.John
  • Pandanus ater H.St.John
  • Pandanus baptistii Misonne
  • Pandanus bassus H.St.John
  • Pandanus bathys H.St.John
  • Pandanus benignus H.St.John
  • Pandanus bergmanii F.Br.
  • Pandanus bicurvatus H.St.John
  • Pandanus blakei H.St.John
  • Pandanus boraboraensis H.St.John
  • Pandanus bothreus H.St.John
  • Pandanus bowenensis H.St.John

and 282 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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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