the lowland areas from 5 to 20 m above sea level, flowering and fruiting in February to April.
VERNACULAR NAME: Pandan sirih. NOTES: Pandanus multifurcatus
appears close to P. spinistigmaticus. Morphologically these species are similar to each other by sharing prop roots and
bark armed with stout spine, leaf apex gradually long tapering to subulate apex. Pandanus spinistigmaticus differs from P. multifurcatus by one character state,
tertiary cross vein not visible. SPECIMENS EXAMINED:
EAST JAVA: Srigonco-Pasuruan, Backer 30476 BO, Indig. irsan 23 BO; Hortus Bogoriensis, culta. II. C 58, Rahayu 069
JHUN.
10. Pandanus nitidus Miq. Kurz.
Pandanus nitidus Miq. Kurz, J. Bot. 5: 103.1867. Kurz, J. Bot 5:103. 1867. Backer Bakhuizen van den Brink, Fl. Java 3: 204. 1968. Stone,
Reinwardtia 8: 315.1972. Stone, Fedn. Mus. J 28: 81. 1983 — Isotype: Kurz sn K.
P. stenophyllus Kurz ex Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-batavi 2:53 1865.
Shrub 5 m tall, widespread branches, internodus 1.1-1.4 cm, bark with abundant rootlet; prop roots abundant and rather long, and some prop root arise
from lateral branched, 134-206 cm long, 17-29 mm in diameter, gray, muricate in longitudinal lines. Leaves -91 107-147 -182.5 cm long, -11 14-21 -25 mm
wide at the middle, coriaceous, 2 pleated, and in section deep M shaped, the midrib below narrow 0.2 mm wide and raised; longitudinal veins strong, visible
above and conspicous below about -0.3 0.45-0.50 -0.60 mm apart, tertiary cross vein invisible; at mid section with -15 17-23 -24 parallel veins in each
half, the blade linear, apex long taperig to a subulate apex this only 5-8 mm wide at 10 cm from the apex; the base widened and amplexicaul, unarmed, but
beginning -1 1.5-3.9 -4.5 cm up the margin with ascending stout prickles -0.5 1-2 -3 mm long, 1.5 2 - 4 -5 mm apart, ascending at 45°; the nearby midrib
up to 8-15 cm long hardened and swollen, unarmed, no recurved spine; at mid
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,
