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Accession Data:

Freycinetia multiflora Merr.

  • Common Name: Climbing Pandanus
  • Family: Pandanaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: Philippines to Sulawesi

  • Description: A dioecious, scrambling plant in the screwpine family. Three petaled orange flowers blossom in spring.
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2018

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600032
  • Source: Logees
  • Accession Date: 02-23-2016
  • Bench: 1201 - AUS:West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-19-2018

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Pandanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Pandanaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Dioecious species in the EEB Greenhouse Collection
  • Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
  • Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Philippines / Sulawesi

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  2. Freycinetia multiflora at Logees. Culture Sheet. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  3. Freycinetia multiflora at Cal's Plant of the Week. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  4. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  5. Image #2 courtesy Kristen Nolting. Used with permission. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 07, 2018.

data regenerated on Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:33:20 -0400

Images:

Freycinetia multiflora

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Pandanaceae

  • Freycinetia multiflora
  • Freycinetia sp.
  • Pandanus caricosus
  • Pandanus pygmaeus
W/C = Wild Collected
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