BOTANICAL RECORD
Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.
Fragrant pandan · Pandanaceae
Botany & ecology
Botanical origin source ↗Pandan at Odo Valley — planting history and usesPandanus amaryllifolius — Plants of the World Online
Aromatic leaves in spirals
Botanical reference
- Evergreen perennial with long, narrow, smooth-edged leaves. Often 1–1.6 m with regular harvesting; larger without harvesting. Flowers exceptionally rare; fruits unobserved.
Documentation and strength of evidence
Documentation: High
Claimed effect: Not evaluated
Asian origin, planted at Odo
Botanical reference
- Kew places the native range in Maluku, Indonesia. At Odo this is therefore an introduced species planted locally. The gift from Siddhika does not specify the plants’ country of provenance.
Documentation and strength of evidence
Documentation: High
Claimed effect: Not evaluated
Record sources 7
Sources and origins
Ultrasonic Extraction of 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline (2AP) from Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb. Using Ethanol as Solvent
- Author or institution
- Azhar ANH, Amran NA, Yusup S, Mohd Yusoff MH
- Publication year
- 2022
- Source link
- View source ↗
- DOI
- 10.3390/molecules27154906
- Type
- Research article
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-13
Limitations
Laboratory extraction study; it does not validate a household maceration, shelf life or clinical benefit.
Are You Storing Food Safely?
- Author or institution
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary reference
- Page, table or passage
- Hygiene and refrigerated storage
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-13
Limitations
General principles; no pandan syrup shelf life is validated here.
Pandan at Odo Valley — planting history and uses
- Author or institution
- JB
- Publication year
- 2026
- Type
- Direct account
- Geographic origin
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Provenance and context
- Account given on 13 September 2026: plants received from Siddhika three or four years earlier, planting and replanting at Odo, about twenty plants growing freely, and occasional syrup preparation.
Limitations
2022–2023 is approximate; the plant count is an estimate. Geographic provenance before the gift, spontaneous propagation and the personal syrup proportions are unspecified.
Effects of Pandanus Amaryllifolius Leaf Beverage on Postprandial Blood Glucose and Satiety Level in Thai Healthy Volunteers
- Author or institution
- Booranasuksakul U et al.
- Publication year
- 2023
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Research article
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-13
Limitations
Thirteen healthy adults, a single dose and two-hour follow-up; no conclusion about long-term diabetes treatment.
Pandanus amaryllifolius — Plants of the World Online
- Author or institution
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary reference
- Page, table or passage
- Accepted name, family and native range
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-13
Limitations
The species’ native range does not identify the provenance of the plants given to Odo.
Pandanus amaryllifolius — NParks Flora & Fauna Web
- Author or institution
- National Parks Board, Singapore
- Publication year
- 2022
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary reference
- Page, table or passage
- Description, propagation and food uses
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-13
Pandanus amaryllifolius — United States Botanic Garden — DSC09526
- Author or institution
- Daderot
- Publication year
- 2013
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Reference photograph
- Geographic origin
- United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C.
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-13
- Provenance and context
- Photograph taken on 24 April 2013, published on Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0. Reference image from outside Odo Valley.