Pandanus boninensis
Pandanus boninensis
Pandanus boninensis is a species of the genus of screw pines (Pandanus ) in the family of screw pine plants ( Pandanaceae ).
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Description
Pandanus boninensis is an evergreen, reaches the heights of growth to about 6 feet. She trains stilt roots. The fruits are drupes.
Distribution and location
The home of Pandanus boninensis located in the western Pacific on the Ogasawara Islands, which belong politically to Japan and are about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. How many other endemic plant species on this island group has Pandanus so boninensis only a very small area of distribution.
The plant prefers to grow on rocky ground. It is part of the dry forest communities " Distylium - Schima " and " Raphiolepsis - Livistona ". In the former it is mainly with Syzygium buxifolium still socialized, in the latter with Livistona chinensis var bonensis and Ochrosia nakaiana.
System
The first description of the German botanist Otto Warburg was published in 1900. The specific epithet boninensis refers to the home of the plant; the Ogasawara Islands are in fact also called Bonin Islands.