Pandanus odoratissimus (Screw pine)
| A tortuous small tree or shrub, rarely erect with many aerial stilt roots; leaves glaucous-green, 90-150 cm long, coriaceous, marginal spines pointing forward and those of the midrib forward and backward; male flowers in numerous subsessile cylindric spikes with fragrant caudate-acuminate spathes, female flowers in solitary spadix; fruits oblong syncarps, yellow or red when ripe. Flowering-fruiting March to December. (Ashok Sheth (Ed.). 2005 The herbs of ayurveda vol.3 Gujarat : Ashok Sheth. p838) |
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पाण्डुच्छायोपवनवृतयः केतकैः सूचिभिन्नैर् नीडारम्भैर्गृहबलिभुजामाकुलग्रामचैत्याः । त्वय्यासन्ने परिणतफलश्यामजम्बूवनान्ताः संपत्स्यन्ते कतिपयदिनस्थायिहंसा दशार्णाः ॥ २३ ॥ The country of Daśārna will rejoice your approach; きみの訪れに、ダシャールナ国では 庭の生垣が先割れたケータカで白み |
In the cloud’s journey. A contrast made between the white Ketaka flowers and the black Jambū fruits. |
(c) Tomomi Sato 2013
Plants of Meghaduta 