Re: Pandanus
- Subject: Re: Pandanus
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:44:04 +1300
ktana wrote:
>
> > Jason D wrote:
> >>
> >> There are a couple of Pandanus with potential, one
> >> from the Himalayas near Darjeeling, the other from
> >> Lord Howe Island (whose species name I forget):
> >> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/lhi.htm
>
> Could it be that he is referring to Howea Forsterana? and not a Pandanus at
> all?
Well this certainly seems possible, as it is apparently known locally
as the "thatch palm", so fills at least one of the niches of Pandanus in
that island.
I should have thought if there were a specific Pandanus native on Lord
Howe it would be mentioned in one or other of my refernce books for
Oceania, but I can find no trace of it.
Visually though, judging by the pic, Howea is a very typocal palm and
not particularly similar in looks to a Pandanus.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
