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Pandanus klossii Ridley

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Pandanus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Journ. Fed. Mal. States Mus. 6: 190 (1915).

Malaysia: hakek jehun, mengkuang kayu (Peninsular).

Peninsular Malaysia.

A leaf decoction is applied as a tonic after childbirth.

A large shrub or small tree up to 8 m tall, with stout, erect trunk and prop roots at stem base; leaves up to 150 cm x 7.5 cm, prickly at margins and midrib; female heads solitary, globose to oblong, c. 25 cm long; fruit c. 6 cm long, (3—)5—7(—10) connate, shortly free at tip. Pandanus klossii occurs locally, but sometimes abundantly, in mountains at 1500—1800 m altitude.

[121]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co- operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A—H) pp. 1—1240, Vol. 2 (I— Z) pp. 1241—2444.
[789]Ridley, H.N., 1922—1925. The flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co, London, United Kingdom.

Lean Teik Ng & Su Foong Yap

Lean Teik Ng & Su Foong Yap, 2003. Pandanus klossii Ridley. In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J. and Bunyapraphatsara, N. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 12(3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea