Pandanus pugnax B.C. Stone

Pandanaceae

Collection Number	Callmander, M 1035
Collectors	S. Buerki, M. Callmander, C. Davidson, S. Christoph, P. Miun, J. Jumian, and Nur Adillah binti Mohd
Identified By	M.W. Callmander (MO), 2012
Source	C. Davidson
Date	08 April 2012

Country	Malaysia
state	Sabah
Location	Telupid District. Melilau range. Ulu Tongod Forest Reserve Ultramafic soil. 80 m elev.
Note	Sub-acaulescent Pandan with one clump of long leaves (c. 3.5 m in length), sometimes short trunk, 10-15 cm with proproots, stem 2.5 cm in diam. Leaves glaucous, somehow blue on the dorsal side; prickles on midvein yellow, retrose. Infrutescence on a very long peduncle, c. 1.3 x 85 cm, straight. Fruit a syncarp, bright red when ripped, fleshy, oblong, 4.5 x 10 cm; drupe 0.8 x 1.3 with a flat apex; stigma horizontal, reniform, c. 1mm wide.