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PANDANUS ODORATISSIMUS
Breadfruit, Pandang, Screw Pine
A Polynesian and Southeast Asian medium-large tree, with a picturesque
silhouette accentuated by prop roots projecting from trunk. Terminal bud is
edible. The leaves' tender white base is eaten raw or boiled. Round,
cannonball-size fruit resembles a pineapple. The inner fleshy end of each cell,
a separate fruit, is sweet and starchy. Seeds at the woody end are edible.
Propagated by seed or suckers.
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