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संस्कृत नाम- कॆतकः
Botanical name - Pandanus odoratissimus
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Pandanus odoratissimus is a shrub, about 20 ft high. Stem supported by arial stilt roots. Long glaucous- green leaves, 3-5 ft. long, ensiform, coriaceous, the marginal spine pointing forward, those on midrib pointing forward & backward. Male flowers- spadix with numerous subsessile cylindric spikes, enclosed in long, fragrant spathes. Female flowers- spadix, soliary. Fruit is a globose syncarpium, yellow or red.
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