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Pandanus utilis
'Screw Pine'
[ Pandanaceae ] [ Réunion ]
P. utilis is perhaps the most popular screw pine in cultivation. A large species from Reunion that produces a robust, stilt-rooted trunk and a thick, densely spiralling crown of mildly spiny, light green or sometimes slightly blue-green leaves with very attractive red margins. Best suited to the tropics and warm subtropics,
Pandanus utilis

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Shrub . Palm alike Plant . Plant which can be grown as a Bonsai .
Habitat
zone 11 = Winter minimum temperature 4C to 10C (40F to 50F)
Tropical Lowland Forests 0-600m


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Dioecious ( When staminate and pistillate flowers are borne on different plants )
Resitant to salty sea air
Drought-Tolerant

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Cultivation
Substrate
Temperature during winter

1 soil + 2 humus

Indoor during winter temperature min. 17C
Lighting
Watering during automn-winter

Sunny

Rarely ( when the substrate is dry )
Watering during hot season
Fertilizer during growth

Regularly but without excess, and especialy during summer

Regularly but with spacing
Pruning
Repotting
No pruning
Repot every year if possible

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