section the margin with prickles 1-1.5 mm long, 2-4 mm apart, stout, arcuate, subulate, appresed ascending, tip brown; the midrib below with prickles 0.75-1.5
mm long, 9-21 mm apart, arcuate, subulate, appresed ascending, tip brown; at the apex the margin serrate with ascending spine 0.5 mm long, 0.5 1-1.5 mm apart,
the midrib below with similar prickles, but with 1-3 -4 mm apart; apical ventral pleats smooth; peduncle 9-13 cm long, in the middle 5.5-8 mm, in the lowest 2-3
mm wide, with numerous leafy bracted; pistillate inflorescence erect, bearing a solitary syncarp, syncarp -5 7-11 -12 cm long, -3.6 4- 6.5 -8 cm in
diameter, elliptic-blong, bearing -92 105-190 -212 drupes, these in the distal the biggest, 2.3-2.5 cm long, 12 mm wide, in the proximal the shortest 15 mm
long, 10 mm wide, mostly 20-24 mm long, -5 7-12 mm wide, 8-11 mm thick, cuneate-obovoid, 5-6 angled, lower sides flat; pileus 3-5 -7 mm high,
hemispheric, 5-6 angled, rivulose, crowned by a style -2 3-5 mm long, stout, curved, ascending, bifid ¼ way with spreading lobes, or merely subulate and
unlobed; stigma -1.5 2-4 mm long, elliptic, obdeltoid to flabellate, distally bent, creased, brown, papillose, running almost to the apex, the receptive surface
usually distal; endocarp -4,5 6-7 -8 mm long, centering in the lower, bony, dark brown, the lateral walls -0.8 1-1.8 mm thick; seeds 3-4 mm long, obdeltoid;
apical mesocarp an empty cavern 4-7 -10 mm long, subglobose-globose, cartillaginous; basal mesocarp fibrous and fleshy.
DISTRIBUTION: West Java to Central Java. HABITAT ECOLOGY: Pandanus nitidus is one of species occupying wider
ecological spectrum from 1 to 1000 m above sea level. Some are found at littoral area in barringtonia association, but mostly found growing on lowland and hill
forest area, and never found in lower montane forest, flowering and fruiting in June to December.
VERNACULAR NAME: Pandan jingkang. NOTES: Pandanus nitidus
appears close to P. scabrifolius. Morphologically these species are similar to each other by sharing linear leaves, coriaceous
leaves, leaf apex gradually long tapering to subulate apex, apical ventral pleat smooth. Pandanus scabrifolius differs from P. nitidus by four character states,
prop roots glabrous, tertiary cross vein form oblong meshes, pistillate inflorescence pendulous, and syncarp subglobose.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: — WEST JAVA: Bogor, Jasinga-Yanlappa, de
Vogd 3 BO; Leuwiliang-Mt. Kembang, van den Brink 6463 BO; Mt. Parungpung, van den Brink 4179 BO; Mt. Pancar, van den Brink 6114 BO;
Mt. Menapa, van Steenis 17344 BO; Depok-Cilodong, Backer 35115 BO; Sukabumi-Mt. Gede Pangrango-Bodogol, Susanti 80 BO; Rahayu 032 JHUN;
Lengkong, Dransfield 1034 BO, L; Dransfield 3007 BO; road from Pelabuhan Ratu to Lengkong, de Vogel 2451 BO; Jampang Kulon, Rahayu 017 JHUN;
Cianjur-Mt. Cibodas, Backer 30079 BO; Backer 30921 BO; Cilotok, Backer 25672 BO; Tasikmalaya-Cipatujah, Backer 9075 BO; CENTRAL JAVA:
Banyumas, Baturaden. Keim 416 BO, Koorders 39178 BO.
11. Pandanus odoratissimus L.f.
Pandanus odoratissimus L.f., Suppl. 424. 1781. Kurz, J. Bot 5:125. 1867. Stone, Reinwardtia 8: 313. 1972, Stone, Ann. Missouri. Bot. Gard. 60.: 266.1973.
St .John, Pac. Sci. 4: 397. 1979. Stone, Fedn.Mus. J. 28: 115. 1983 — Isotype: Carpol. 26343 L.
Tree 4-5 m tall, loosely branched, the stems 11.7-15 cm in diameter, bark yellowish green, sparsely warty; prop roots 40-47 cm long, stout, with small prop
roots abundant, armed with spines like those on the bark. Leaves 98-126 cm long, 4.2-5.8 cm wide, glaucous on both sides, coriaceous, green above, below paler
green, with a median furrow above the midrib 18-20 mm wide, apical ventral pleats absent; the midrib below narrow about 0.15 mm wide and raised;
longitudinal vein distinct on both surfaces, about 0.5 mm apart, no visible tertiary cross vein; at mid section with 48-49 secondary parallel vein on each side; the
blade ligulate or sword shape, apex slender and long tapering to a subulate apex, this only 1.5-2 mm wide at 10 cm from the apex; the base widened, ampexicaul,
unarmed, but beginning 4.5-8 cm up the margins with spines 2 – 4 mm long, 4-9 mm apart, stout arcuate, subulate, broader base, ascending at 30
o
, white with brown tipped; the midrib below beginning 6.5-8 cm up the margin with spines 3-
5 mm long, 11-18 mm apart, stout arcuate subulate, broader base, reflexed, white with red tipped; at mid section with spines 4-7 mm long, 6-12 mm apart, stout
arcuate subulate, flat appresed, ascending at 5
o
, white with red tipped; the raised midrib below with spines 1.5-3 mm long, 10-15 mm apart, subulate, curved,
ascending at 5
o
, wholly white or white with red tipped; on the subulate apex prickly on both sides with spines 0.4-1 mm long, 3-7 mm apart, arcuate, subulate,
ascending at 5
o
, wholly white or white with red tipped; the midrib below with similar spine, but with 3-4 mm apart; peduncle leafy bracted, 6.2-17 cm long, at
base 5 mm in diameter, at apex 7-8.5 mm diameter, 3-sided, glabrous; exterior bracts with the body about 38-48 cm long, 3.4-5 cm wide, long tapering to a
slender subulate apex; middle bracts 20-27 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, lanceolate, coriaceous, gradually tapering to a subulate apex; staminate inflorescence
terminal, pendent, 25-40.5 cm long; flowering part of spike 21.3-33 cm long, bearing 9-18 lateral racemes, these 4 5-8 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, narrowly elliptic-
elliptic, densely flowered; stamen 14-30 in raceme, the fused axis 7-15 mm long, free filament tips 1-2.5 mm long, anthers 1-2.8 mm long, bearing terminal
subulate connective prolongation 0.3-0.5 mm long; pistillate inflorescence pendulous; peduncle 11.5-33.5 cm long, at base 6 mm in diameter, at apex 18-19
mm in diameter, trigonous, white; exterior bracts 67-92 cm long, 3.5-4 cm wide, tapering gradually to a long subulate apex, yellowish green; middle bracts 37-59
cm long, 3-8.5 cm wide, lanceolate, apex acute-acuminate, white; syncarp terminal, single, subglobose-globose, 22-25 cm long, 19-25 cm wide; phalanges
73-88 in number, 4.2-5.5 cm long, the upper half 2.8-4 cm wide, 2.2-3.2 cm thick, obovate, red flashed with orange, the color becoming lighter upward, 4-5
angled, the sides generally convex, smooth, shining; upper ½ free, apex truncate – convex, lateral suture none, central apical sinuses very shallow, but the bottom
half V shaped; carpel 7-10, stigma sessile, 2.5-4 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate, darker brown; proximal phalanges of syncarp around the peduncle erect, the
shorter, and distal phalanges of syncarp the longer; endocarp median – slightly supramedian, 18-24 mm long, bony, the inner part dark mahogany colored, the
outer part pale; lateral walls 1-2 mm thick, inner surface shining; seeds 12-24 mm long, 4-10 mm in diameter, elliptic; upper mesocarp forming in each carpel apex a
cavity with white medullary membrane; basal mesocarp 12-17 mm, fibrous and fleshy.
