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'''Pandanus utilis''', the common screwpine is, despite its name, a monocot and not a pine. It is native to Madagascar and naturalised in Mauritius and the Seychelles.
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
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{{Uses|treatment of migraine}}.
  
 
==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
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{{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
  
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Chemical Composition==
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utilis leaves, 19 compounds were obtained, consisting of seven triterpenoids (1-7), five steroids (8-12), four cyclohexenone derivatives (13-16), two benzenoid glycosides (17 and 18), and one lignan (19).
 
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==Common names==
 
==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Bacona}}
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
 
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
 
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
 
===Dravya===
 
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===Rasa===
 
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===Guna===
 
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==Habit==
 
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{{Habit|Tree}}
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|Leaves arranged spirally in 3 series|crowded towards the top of stems, simple, without petiole but with broad clasping base, linear, up to 2 m long, but shorter on old trees, 3–11 cm broad, tapering in a long point at apex.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual||cream white||male flowers odorous, with 8–12 stamens inserted pseudo-umbellately on slender columnal excrescences 10–15 mm long; female flowers with 3–8-celled ovary crowned by a sessile stigma.}}
  
 
===Fruit===
 
===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|dome-shaped, compressed, angular drupe arranged in a pendulous, long-peduncled|subglobose syncarp 15–20 cm in diameter, consisting of up to 200 drupes, each up to 3.5 cm × 4 cm × 2 cm, pyrene 3–8-celled, containing several seeds. Seeds endospermous, retained within the endocarp.|yellow when ripe, upper half free, base with a purple or red band|}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===
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==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Where to get the saplings==
 
 
==Mode of Propagation==
 
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
  
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
 
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Pandanus utilis can be propagated by seeds, but these are recalcitrant. Pre-soaking of the seeds for 24 hours before sowing is recommended for Pandanus in general. The germination rate is usually over 50%. Seedlings emerge about 4 months after sowing. After 12–16 months they are 20–40 cm tall and ready to be planted out. Propagation by stem cuttings and suckers is also possible. In Réunion, planting in April or May at spacings of 1.5–3 m is recommended.
 
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Evergreen forest}}.
  
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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==References==
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1934578X1601100209#:~:text=utilis%20leaves%2C%2019%20compounds%20were,and%20one%20lignan%20(19). Chemical composition]</ref>
  
<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Pandanus_utilis_(PROTA)#:~:text=Recorded%20medicinal%20uses%20are%20quite,forehead%20for%20the%20treatment%20of Morphology]</ref>
  
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Pandanus_utilis_(PROTA)#:~:text=Recorded%20medicinal%20uses%20are%20quite,forehead%20for%20the%20treatment%20of Cultivation Details]</ref>
 
 
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
 
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
 
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Pandanus_utilis_(PROTA)#:~:text=Recorded%20medicinal%20uses%20are%20quite,forehead%20for%20the%20treatment%20of Pandanus utilis]
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[[Category:Herbs]]
 
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[[Category:Pandanaceae]]

Revision as of 09:46, 10 June 2020

Pandanus utilis

Pandanus utilis, the common screwpine is, despite its name, a monocot and not a pine. It is native to Madagascar and naturalised in Mauritius and the Seychelles.

Uses

treatment of migraine.

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

utilis leaves, 19 compounds were obtained, consisting of seven triterpenoids (1-7), five steroids (8-12), four cyclohexenone derivatives (13-16), two benzenoid glycosides (17 and 18), and one lignan (19). [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Bacona


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Leaves arranged spirally in 3 series crowded towards the top of stems, simple, without petiole but with broad clasping base, linear, up to 2 m long, but shorter on old trees, 3–11 cm broad, tapering in a long point at apex.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual cream white male flowers odorous, with 8–12 stamens inserted pseudo-umbellately on slender columnal excrescences 10–15 mm long; female flowers with 3–8-celled ovary crowned by a sessile stigma.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Simple Fruit dome-shaped, compressed, angular drupe arranged in a pendulous, long-peduncled subglobose syncarp 15–20 cm in diameter, consisting of up to 200 drupes, each up to 3.5 cm × 4 cm × 2 cm, pyrene 3–8-celled, containing several seeds. Seeds endospermous, retained within the endocarp. yellow when ripe, upper half free, base with a purple or red band {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Pandanus utilis can be propagated by seeds, but these are recalcitrant. Pre-soaking of the seeds for 24 hours before sowing is recommended for Pandanus in general. The germination rate is usually over 50%. Seedlings emerge about 4 months after sowing. After 12–16 months they are 20–40 cm tall and ready to be planted out. Propagation by stem cuttings and suckers is also possible. In Réunion, planting in April or May at spacings of 1.5–3 m is recommended. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Evergreen forest.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links