Fruiting crown with long spiky leaves and woody stems
Slender branching shrub with long straplike leaves and fruiting heads
Cross-section through a syncarpous fruit with sharply pointed drupes
Cross-section of fruiting syncarp showing seeds and spines
Cut spiny strap-shaped leaves stacked together
Cross-section of a leafy shoot base held in hand
Base of stem and emerging shoot
Cross section of a severed leaf base held in hand
Cluster of spiky syncarps nestled among long, serrate leaves
Hand-held infructescence bearing spiky brownish-orange syncarps
Spiny margins and keels of long green leaves
Cross section of a syncarpous fruit head
Cluster of spiky syncarps nestled among narrow leaves
Spiny syncarps clustered among long, straplike leaves
Base of a severed leaf showing the pale inner sheath
Spiny syncarps clustered among linear, serrate leaves
Cluster of spiky syncarps amidst toothed leaves
Fruiting branches with long strap-like leaves
Spiny margin and midrib of a green leaf
Cluster of spiny globose syncarps nestled among long, toothed leaves
Cluster of spiky globose fruit heads amongst strap-like leaves
Cut stem base held in hand
Long arching leaves and hanging fruiting heads
Hand-held fruiting stalk with spiky globose heads
Young shoot emerging from the leaf sheath of a stem
Cut base of a leaf sheath
Cluster of spiky globose fruit heads among spiny foliage
Spiny syncarp fruit clusters showing polygonal drupes
Spiny syncarps nestled among serrate strap-like leaves
Spiny spherical fruiting heads among long linear leaves
Cluster of spiky globose syncarps nestled among strap-shaped leaves
Cluster of spiky brown syncarps among strap-like leaves
Spiky brown syncarps nestled among long, strap-like leaves
Spiky syncarps nestled among long, strap-like foliage
Native to Borneo, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
As seen in 2 occurrences, in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia: In Sabah, plants are slender branching shrubs. Leaves are linear to strap-shaped, arching, green, and armed with sharply serrated to spiny margins. The fruit consists of dense, globose to ovoid syncarps composed of tightly packed, sharply pointed drupes maturing from green to brownish-orange or reddish-brown. Stems in Sabah have pale greyish-tan to brownish bark marked with rings from fallen leaf bases.
Leaves linear to strap-shaped, arching, green, with sharply serrate to spiny margins.
Location
Malaysia, Sabah (Beaufort)
5.320222, 115.660917
Location Remarks
Sepilok Forest Reserve. Bird Trail. Mixed dipterocarp forest. 33 m elev.
Collectors
Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Nur Adillah binti Mohd, Martin W. Callmander
Identified by
Notes
Erect treelet, 4 m.; bark white, often with folded leaves; infr. erect, terminal; syncarps red when ripe.
Location
Malaysia, Sarawak (Kuching)
1.722528, 110.448639
Location Remarks
Kuching. Bako National Park. Lintang Trail, 106 m elev.
Collectors
Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, A. Ak Ginan, Yahud Bin H.J. Wat
Notes
Treelet to 5 m tall, leaves c. 3 x 180 cm. Infructescence terminal, erect, bearing 6-8 sub-spherical syncarps, red when ripped, c. 6 x 7 cm; peduncle 35 cm in length. Stigma spiniform, brown.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Pandanales
Family
Pandanaceae
Genus
Benstonea
Specific Epithet
affinis
Authorship
(Kurz) Callm. & Buerki
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#69,867 of 335,497
Top 21%
Extinction probability
10%
