Pandanus multifurcatus differs from P. spinistigmaticus by two character states, leaves linear-ligulate, and tertiary cross vein form oblong meshes.
SPECIMEN EXAMINED: Hortus Bogoriemsis, culta. II C 31, Rahayu 069 JHUN.
16. Pandanus spurius Miq. cv. Putat
Pandanus spurius Miq. cv Putat, a cultivar, described by St. John, Pac. Sci. 19: 232-235, fig.223. 1965 — Holotype: Corner 32763 SING
P. tectorius Sol., var. laevis KunyhWarb., Engler’s Pflanzenreich IV, 9: 48. 1900.
Tree 2.5-3 m tall, the stems 8.8 cm in diameter, armed with straight, sharp prickles, 2-3 mm wide, 5-10 mm placed apart; prop roots 2-2.5 m long, arise
from upper branched, slender, with spinelike rootlets in vertical rows. Leaves 79- 90 cm long, 2.8-3.3 cm wide, completely unarmed, green, glaucous on both sides,
thick coriaceous, with a median furrow above the midrib 4 mm wide, in section low M shaped, apical ventral pleats absent; the midrib below thick about 0.25 mm
wide, raised and hardened; longitudinal vein prominent throughout, about 0.5 mm apart, no visible tertiary cross vein; at mid section with 35-37 secondary parallel
vein on each side; the blade ligulate, gradually long attenuate to a 30-40 cm subulate apex, 10 cm from the tip is 1.5-2 mm wide; the base widened,
ampexicaul, whitish; peduncle 16 cm long, 6 mm in diameter, fleshy, 3-sided, leafy bracted; exterior bracts 52-74 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide, narrowing to the
subulate tip; middle bracts 16-22 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide, lanceolate, coriaceous, tapering gradually toward the tip, and ending in a subulate apex; staminate
inflorescence terminal, pendent, 40 cm long, flowering part of spike 24-29 cm long, bearing 14 lateral racemes, these 4-5.8 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, cylindric-
narrowly lanceolate, densely flowered, stamens 18-24 in racemes; the fused axis 5-6 mm long, free filament tips 0.9-1.5 mm long, anthers 1.5-2.5 mm long, white,
bearing terminal subulate connective prolongation 0.3-0.75 mm long. DISTRIBUTION: West Java.
HABITAT ECOLOGY: Pandanus spurius cv Putat found in home yard and cultivated as ornamental plants.
NOTES: .It is evident that it is not a species, probably it is not a hybrid. With little doubt it is a bud sport obtained millenia ago from some wild species. Its current
classification put it as a cultivar. The author now attached this cultivar to Pandanus spurius Miq., a species also native to Amboina. There were not proved
that the cv. “Putat” was derived from P. spurius, but they occur on the same shores and inhabited lowlands. The Ambonese people have long used the leaves
of P. spurius for matting, If, long ago, they found a spineless bud sport, it is likely that they would have preserved it and multiplaid it by stem cutting St. John
1965. Pandanus spurius cv Putat is remarkable in that its leaves are completely unarmed.
VERNACULAR NAME: Putat, pudak. NOTES: Pandanus spurius cv Putat appears close to P. tectorius var. littoralis.
Morphologically these species are similar to each other by sharing coriaceous leaves, leaf apex gradually long tapering to subulate apex, tertiary cross vein not
visible. Pandanus tectorius var. littoralis differs from P. spurius cv Putat by two character states, prop roots slender and arise from lateral branched, and leaves
glossy on both sides. SPECIMEN EXAMINED: Culta. Yasmin Park – Bogor, 25-8-2007, Kartawinata
Rahayu 067 JHUN.
17. Pandanus tectorius Park.
Pandanus tectorius Parkinson, J. Voy. S. Seas: 46 . 1773. St. John, Pac. Sci. 33: 395-401. 1979. Fedn. Mus. J 28: 116. 1983. Jebb, Christensen Research
Institute. 77. 1991. — Isotype : Carpol. 15228 L. Tree 2-5 m tall, crown with dichotomous branching; the stem 7.1-14 cm in
diameter, internodes 1-1.5 cm, gray, armed with stout, upturn prickles 4 mm in diameter, height 4 mm; prop roots 61-170 cm long, 1.5-5.1 cm in diameter, small
prop roots abundant, gray-pale brown, muricate in longitudinal line. Leaves 81- 284 cm long, 3.8-8 cm wide, coriaceous-thick coriaceus, glossy on both sides-
glaucous on both sides, pale green-green above, below pale green-yellowish green, pale green with white-pale yellow lines 3-8 mm wide along the edge- near
the edge-yellowish green, with a median-broad furrow above the midrib 17-30
