Species: Xerophyta argentea (Wild) L.B. Sm. & Ayensu Date: 2007-11-20 Location: North of Chikukwa camp, above Pheza forest Habitat: On rocky hill of quartzitic sandstone
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.Pandanus atrocarpus Griff. Pandanaceae. CN: [Malay - Mengkuang, Begkuang]. Native to Malesia ecozone [Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, Singapore]. Source of fiber for mat weaving and other handicrafts. Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26400
A common genus on the coasts of southeast Asia. Known as Screw Pines in English and Pandan locally. Photo from the northwest coast of Borneo. In context at www.dixpix.ca/indonesia/flora/primative/index.html