Benstonea epiphytica (Martelli) Callm. & Buerki
Pandanaceae
| Collection Number | Callmander, M 1014 |
| Collectors | S. Buerki, C. Davidson, S. Christoph, A. Ak Ginan & Y. Bin H. J. Wat. |
| Identified By | M. Callmander (MO), 2012 |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 29 March 2012 |
| Country | Malaysia |
| state | Sarawak |
| Location | Kuching. Bako National Park. Paku Trail. Heath forest on sandstone. 66 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | N 01 43 29 E 110 26 41 |
| Note | Very common on sandstone boulders, normally epiphitic, occasionally terrestrial. Massive Pandans with short erect trunk covered with old persistant sheaths. Leaves erect, yellow in the center of clump, to 3-4 cm long. Infrutescence erect, 80-90 cm long, bearing 9 cylindric syncarps on a robust peduncle, 60 cm in length, 4.5 cm wide at apex. Syncarp, subcylindric, 4 cm x 20-25 cm; drupes 1 cm long, 0.2 cm wide. Stigma flat, rounded, brown, 0.5 cm in diam. |
Local Habitat
0.8km distance
| Location | Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching. Bako National Park. Lintang Trail., N 01 43 19.4 E 110 27 06.1 |
| Date | 30 March 2012 |
| Ecology | Low forest over exposed rock and white sand. |
1.0km distance
| Location | Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching. Bako National Park. Coastal forest around Park headquarters., N 01 42 58 E 110 26 36 |
| Date | 31 March 2012 |
| Ecology | Swampy coastal forest. |
