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Useful Tropical Plants

Sararanga sinuosa

Hemsl.

Pandanaceae

+ Synonyms

Common Name:

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General Information

Sararanga sinuosa is an evergreen tree growing around 9 - 10 metres tall. The stem can be branched or unbranched, around 67cm in diameter, with long, sword-shaped leaves aranged in a rosette at the end of the stem[
1814
Title
Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red
Publication
Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266
Author
Keim A.P.
Website
http://10.3767/000651909X476247
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
 
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

1814
Title
Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red
Publication
Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266
Author
Keim A.P.
Website
http://10.3767/000651909X476247
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
 

Range

Australasia - northern New Guinea, east to the Solomon Islands

Habitat

Lowland tropical rainforest; at elevations from sea level to 200 metres[
1814
Title
Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red
Publication
Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266
Author
Keim A.P.
Website
http://10.3767/000651909X476247
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
 
]

Properties

HabitTree
Height10.00 m

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
1814
Title
Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red
Publication
Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266
Author
Keim A.P.
Website
http://10.3767/000651909X476247
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
 
]. Fruits syncarpous, berries c. 100 per rachillae; kidney-shaped (reniform), pale green to red when mature, exocarp soft; seeds c. 60 per berry, triangle-shaped, flat and thin, pale brown[
1814
Title
Pandanaceae of the island of Yapen, Papua (West new Guinea), Indonesia, with their nomenclature and notes on the red
Publication
Blumea 54, 2009: 255-266
Author
Keim A.P.
Website
http://10.3767/000651909X476247
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
 
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-04-25. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sararanga+sinuosa>

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