Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze [Pandanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alankamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anceli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arbre au parasol	Other	Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
arq keora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catcuciyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centalampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhooli pushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhulipuspika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaajangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gadzangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gedaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gedangi-mogali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gedangimogali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gedige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goddzangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojjangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gozdoogoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gubbi kaedige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul keora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kadi	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kadige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaedige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaeoda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaeora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaethaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaevada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kaida-taddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaide	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kainarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaitai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaitakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaittakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkaici	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamakatkatalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantatalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katarkuyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katthaale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kazi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
keciya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keciyamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedagai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedage	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedgi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedki-keya	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kekattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kekkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kekkaicimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
keori	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ketaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketaki	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ketakivrikshaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketgi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kethak	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ketike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevarah or kedgi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevarah; ketgi or kedgi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevra	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kewada	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kewda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kewoda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kewra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keya	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kiracakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krakacacchada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyad-agigida	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kyadage-gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyadige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matankal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mogali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mogali-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moghali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mogili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mogli chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mucali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mudu keiya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
mugali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mugalik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mundeyi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mundige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muntakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutakkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutankal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutankalmaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olai-p-pu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paandar kaevda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
palliyambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandan laut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pandan pasir	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pandanus	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
parivai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patamatakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poyconnan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pukkaita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pumatal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putacakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putacakamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putpacamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruh keora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sabotan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
schraubenbaum	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
screw pine	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sucipuspa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taale hoovu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talamchedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talaputpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tale mara	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tale-mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tazha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tazhan-chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaale hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
thashai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiranacitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirunacuniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirunacuniyamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirunacuriyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcanaputpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trinasunya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuliputpikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turonikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turonitalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turonitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varusaputpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varutaputpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
spadix	ripe, mature and dry spadices of male flowers	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Flower, Stem		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 69 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Marquartia leucacantha Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 61 (1844).
Pandanus fascicularis Lam. Encycl. 1: 372 (1785).
Pandanus odoratissimus L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 424 (1782).
Pandanus rumphii Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 22, f. 11 (1841).
Pandanus samak Hassk. Flora 25(Beibl. 1): 13 (1842).
Pandanus verus Rumph. ex Kurz J. Bot. 5: 125 (1867), nom. superfl.
Athrodactylis spinosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl.: 150 (1776), nom. superfl.
Bromelia sylvestris Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 79 (1768).
Hasskarlia leucacantha Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 753 (1849).
Keura odora Thunb. Nov. Gen. Pl.: 26 (1781).
Keura odorifera Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 172 (1775).
Pandanus adduensis H.St.John Pacific Sci. 15: 328 (1961).
Pandanus albibracteatus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 17: 10 (1963).
Pandanus alloios H.St.John Pacific Sci. 28: 86 (1974).
Pandanus ambiglaucus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 17: 13 (1963).
Pandanus blancoi Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 583 (1841).
Pandanus boryi Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 22, f. 15 (1841).
Pandanus carnosus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 17: 20 (1963).
Pandanus chelyon H.St.John Pacific Sci. 28: 88 (1974).
Pandanus fosbergii H.St.John Pacific Sci. 15: 331 (1961).
Pandanus globosus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 17: 21 (1963).
Pandanus hartmanii H.St.John Pacific Sci. 15: 333 (1961).
Pandanus hendersonii H.St.John Pacific Sci. 19: 116 (1965).
Pandanus hueensis H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 88 (1962).
Pandanus impar H.St.John Pacific Sci. 28: 90 (1974).
Pandanus inclinatus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 17: 24 (1963).
Pandanus incrassatus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 17: 26 (1963).
Pandanus integriapicis H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 91 (1962).
Pandanus intraconicus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 28: 96 (1974).
Pandanus karikayo H.St.John Pacific Sci. 15: 335 (1961).
Pandanus leucanthus Hassk. Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 14 (1842).
Pandanus linnaei Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 22, f. 1-8 (1841).
Pandanus linnaei f. philippinensis Martelli Webbia 4: 21 (1913).
Pandanus linnei Schaedtler Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 31: 298 (1875).
Pandanus loureiroi Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 22, f. 13 (1841).
Pandanus maldivecus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 15: 339 (1961).
Pandanus obtusus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 17: 28 (1963).
Pandanus odoratissimus var. borneensis (Martelli) B.C.Stone Sandakania 2: 54 (1993).
Pandanus odoratissimus var. hueensis (H.St.John) B.C.Stone Gard. Bull. Singapore 22: 241 (1967).
Pandanus odoratissimus var. loureiroi (Gaudich.) Martelli Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 12: 373 (1930).
Pandanus odoratissimus var. sarawakensis (Martelli) B.C.Stone Sandakania 2: 55 (1993).
Pandanus odoratissimus var. sinensis (Warb.) Kaneh. Formos. Trees, ed. rev.: 63 (1936).
Pandanus odoratissimus var. triceps B.C.Stone Sandakania 2: 55 (1993).
Pandanus odoratissimus f. vietnamensis (H.St.John) B.C.Stone Gard. Bull. Singapore 22: 241 (1967).
Pandanus odoratus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 3 (1796).
Pandanus phamhoangii H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 96 (1962).
Pandanus projectens H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 100 (1962).
Pandanus remotus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 70 (1962).
Pandanus reversispiralis H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 101 (1962).
Pandanus rheedei Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 22, f. 12 (1841).
Pandanus rubricoloratus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 17: 32 (1963).
Pandanus semiorbicularis H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 106 (1962).
Pandanus sinensis (Warb.) Martelli in R.Kanehira, Fl. Micron.: 69 (1933).
Pandanus smitinandii H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 109 (1962).
Pandanus spiralis Blanco Fl. Filip.: 777 (1837), nom. illeg.
Pandanus subcarnosus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 111 (1962).
Pandanus subcubicus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 28: 97 (1974).
Pandanus subulatus H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 114 (1962).
Pandanus tectorius var. borneensis Martelli Webbia 4: 410 (1914).
Pandanus tectorius var. ferreus Y.Kimura J. Jap. Bot. 17: 261 (1941).
Pandanus tectorius var. liukiuensis Warb. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 9: 48 (1900).
Pandanus tectorius var. loureiroi (Gaudich.) Martelli in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 1060 (1937).
Pandanus tectorius var. samak (Hassk.) Warb. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 9: 48 (1900).
Pandanus tectorius var. sarawakensis Martelli Webbia 4: 413 (1914).
Pandanus tectorius var. sinensis Warb. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 9: 48 (1900).
Pandanus tectorius var. utinensis Masam. Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 4: 202 (1956).
Pandanus verus var. flaccidus Kurz J. Bot. 5: 125 (1867).
Pandanus verus var. littoralis Kurz J. Bot. 5: 125 (1867).
Pandanus vietnamensis H.St.John Pacific Sci. 16: 116 (1962).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Marquartia leucantha	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pandanus fascicularis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Pandanus fascicularis Lam.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
Pandanus odoraissimus	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pandanus odoratissimus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Pandanus odoratissimus L.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pandanus odoratissimus Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pandanus rumphii	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pandanus samak	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pandanus venus	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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