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Pandanus tectorius
(Pandanaceae)

 
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Species description or overview

Pandanus tectorius information from Native Plants Hawaii
Information about Pandanus tectorius--including details regarding plant, flower, and leaf characteristics; pests and diseases; growth requirements; and environment--is provided by Native Plants Hawaii.

Traditional tree Pandanus tectorius View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
A pandanus overview is provided by the Traditional Tree Initiative's species profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry (www.traditionaltree.org).

Pandanus tectorius information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Pandanus tectorius is presented with respect to this species being a forest tree in Hawaii. The information on this site is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) 1989 publication by Little and Skolmen entitled "Common forest trees of Hawaii (native and introduced)."

Pandanus tectorius information from NTBG
Information about Pandanus tectorius is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Pandanus tectorius
Nomenclatural information about Pandanus tectorius is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Pandanus tectorius information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pandanus tectorius--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Pandanus tectorius information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Pandanus tectorius, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Pandanus tectorius
Nomenclatural information about Pandanus tectorius is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Cultural uses

In the Garden: Lei makers can use many native plants
native plants that are good for lei making are the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 11/5/2004).


Cultivation & propagation

Pandanus tectorius (hala, pandanus) propagation and cultivation (UH/CTAHR)
Propagation and cultivation information about Pandanus tectorius (hala, pandanus) is provided by the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH/CTAHR).

Pandanus tectorius information from Native Plants Hawaii
Information about Pandanus tectorius--including details regarding plant, flower, and leaf characteristics; pests and diseases; growth requirements; and environment--is provided by Native Plants Hawaii.

How to plant a native Hawaiian garden View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
An instructional handbook on planting a native Hawaiian garden was prepared by Office of Environmental Quality Control to guide the establishment of native gardens in schools throughout Hawaii to stimulate the awareness and appreciation of Hawaii's rare and fragile environmental resources (1992).

Best native plants for landscapes View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Endemic and indigenous Hawaiian plants used in landscapes are pictured in this publication from the University of Hawaii.


Images

Images of Pandanus tectorius (Pandanaceae) (hala, screwpine)
Links to high-resolution free images of Pandanus tectorius (Pandanaceae) (hala, screwpine) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Pandanus tectorius information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pandanus tectorius in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Pandanus tectorius images from Native Plants Hawaii
Images of Pandanus tectorius are provided on the Native Plants Hawaii website.

Pandanus tectorius images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Pandanus tectorius are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.


Distribution

Pandanus tectorius information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pandanus tectorius in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Pandanus tectorius information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pandanus tectorius--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.


Where to see this species

Kahoolawe (Kanaloa): natural areas of Hawaii
Forest and Kim Starr provide information about the island of Kahoolawe as a natural area in Hawaii. Links to additional resources are provided, as well as links to images of plant species found on Kahoolawe.


Books

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9.


In the news

Funds help hala trees strengthen isle roots (Honolulu Star Bulletin, 26 June 2007)
A hala (pandanus) habitat on Maui will be preserved. Under the Legacy Land Conservation Program, the state recently authorized the release of some $1.5 million to the National Tropical Botanical Garden to preserve some 170 acres of land, including a hala forest in east Maui.


Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Wood K. 2006. Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Botanical inventory of Kure Atoll
Starr, Forest, Kim Martz, and Lloyd Loope. 2001. Botanical inventory of Kure Atoll. Prepared for Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (Honolulu). 47 pp. illus.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey
Starr, F. and K. Starr. 2006. Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values
Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.


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