glossy, below paler green, somewhat ensiform, shortly narrowing into a short trigonous thick subulate apex, this 10 cm down 22 mm wide, longitudinal parallel
vein obscure above but conspicuous below, on each side with 28 secondary parallel vein, tertiary cross vein not visible; the base amplexicaul, whitish,
unarmed, but beginning 13-20 mm up the margin with prickles 10-20 mm long, 1 mm apart, dense, heavy subulate, the base thickened, 1 mm wide, ascending at
70
o
; the midrib below beginning at 2.5 cm with prickles 1.5-2 mm long, 4-7 mm apart, heavy subulate, base thickened, ascending at 40
o
, greenish white; at midsection the margin with prickle 1.5-2 mm long, 1 mm apart, dense, ascending
at 30
o
, subulate, white with black tip, the raised midrib below unarmed to beyond the middle; on the subulate apex the margin with serrulation 0.5- 0.75 mm long,
0.5-1 mm apart, ascending at 10
o
, dense; the midrib below with serrulations 0.75- 1 mm long, 1-2 mm apart, ascending at 40
o
; peduncle 8 cm long, 4-5 mm in diameter, obtusely trigonous, bracted; pistillate inflorescence raceme of spikes, 8-
10 cm long, with about 6-7 syncarps; syncarp 3-5.2 cm long, 2.5-3 cm in diameter, ovates - oblong, red, with 72-101 drupes, this 1.2-1.4 cm long, 1 cm
wide, increasing upwards in size, and the apical ones definitely the largest; the upper half 6-7 mm wide, 2-3 mm thick, conical, truncate or subtruncate, red, 5
angled, the slightly convex, smooth and shining, the bottom straight, sharp, 4 cm wide, fleshy, yellow, stigma 1 mm long, rounded circular, diffuse; endocarp
medium, 3 mm long bony, dark mahogany colored, the inner surface shining, the lateral walls c. 1 mm; seeds 4 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, ovatus, upper
mesocarp forming in the apex of each carpel and cavern with a few fibers and an acrechyma of white medulla membrane, basal mesocarp 4-5 mm, fibrous and
fleshy. PHENOLOGY: Flowering and fruiting in January to December.
VERNACULAR NAME:. Pandan kecil. NOTES:
Pandanus polycephalus appears close to P. utilis. Morphologically
these species are similar to each other by sharing barked with abundant rootlet, ensiform leaves, leaf apex gradually long tapering to subulate apex. Pandanus
utilis differs from P. polycephalus by one character state, syncarp subglobose.
SPECIMEN EXAMINED: Hortus Bogoriensis, Culta. II C 73, Rahayu 059 JHUN.
13. Pandanus pseudolais Warb.
Pandanus pseudolais Warburg, Plflanzenr. IV. 9: 76. 1900. Koorders,. Recueil. Trav. Bot. Neerl. 7: 99. 1910. Koorders, Exkurs. Fl. v. Java : 84. 1911.
Koorders, Exkurs. Fl. v. Java I: 8. 1913. Backer Bakhuizen van den Brink, Fl. Java 3: 204 .1968. Stone, Reinwardtia 8: 314 1972. Stone, Fedn. Mus. J 28: 25.
1983 — Syntypes: Junghuhn and Hasskarl sn BO, L from Java. Tree 3-5 m tall, the stem 8.2-14.5 cm in diameter, unbranched, the leaf
crown thus crowded; internodes 2-3.5 cm long; prop roots 27-70 cm long, 3.6-7 cm in diameter, gray, muricate in longitudinal lines. Leaves 299.4-574.5 cm long,
5.2-10 cm wide, coriaceous – thick coriaceous, above green and slightly glaucous, below paler green, broad furrowed above the midrib 1.3-2.6 cm wide, apical
ventral pleats smooth; the midrib below narrow 0.2-0.3 mm wide and raised; the longitudinal veins visible on the adaxial surface, prominent on the abaxial surface,
about 0.8-1 mm apart, tertiary cross vein forming oblong meshes 1-2 mm apart; at mid section with 51-66 secondary parallel vein in each side; the blade linear,
gradually long tapering to subulate apex which 10 cm down is 1.5-5 mm wide; the base indurate, widened, amplexicaul, reddish brown, unarmed, but beginning
15.5-28.5 cm up the margin with spines 2-7 mm long, 13-27 mm apart, stout, arcuate, subulate, base thickened 2-3 mm wide, ascending at 45
o
, green with brown tipped; the midrib below beginning 12 cm-14.8 cm up the margin with
spines 5-11 mm long, 16-45 mm apart, stout, arcuate, subulate, reflexed, the base thickened 2-3 mm wide, wholly brown; at mid section the margin with partly
countersunk prickles, 2-6 mm long, 8-25 mm apart, subulate, flat appressed, ascending at 5
o
, green with brown tipped; the raised midrib below with spines, but 2-4 mm long, 23-50 mm apart, subulate, curve, ascending, pale green with
brown tipped; on the subulate apex the margin serrate with ascending prickles 0.5 -1.5 mm long, 1-3 mm apart, pale green with brown tipped; the midrib below
with similar prickles 1-2 mm long, 1.5-5 mm apart, pale green with brown tipped; peduncle curve at the end, 53-93 cm long, at base 10-12 mm in diameter, at apex
21-30 mm in diameter, somewhat 3-sided, green; fruiting heads enclosed in dry,
pale brown and 2 exterior leafy bract, ellipsoid, 34-49 cm long, 19-22 cm wide; terminal, single, pendent, with about 724-1053 drupes; drupes 2.6-4.5 cm long,
1-16 cm wide, 7-18 mm thick, increasing upwards in size, and the apical ones definitely the largest, sometimes drupes in the center of each side the smallest;
cuneate–oblong, 5-6 angled, the upper 15 free, pileus 4–11 mm high, hemispheric to ovoid with 5-6 sharp angles, the surface smooth, dull, the actual apex low
obliquely truncate to the style; style 5-7 mm long, hornlike, reddish brown, bony, shining, bifurcate nearly halfway, the fork spreading or on a few terminal drupes
with style hornlike undivided; stigma as long as the styles 2–6 mm long, ellipsoid or lanceolate, dark brown, papillose, covering the proximal face, endocarp
submedian-median, brown - dark brown, lanceolate, the apex acuminate extended to the style; lateral walls about 1-2 mm wide, within smooth and shining; seeds
about 9-11 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, lanceolate; apical mesocarp, a single cavern about 8-20 mm long, free of fibers; basal mesocarp about 7-14 mm long, fibrous
and fleshy. DISTRIBUTION: West Java to East Java.
HABITAT ECOLOGY: Pandanus pseudolais occupies very wide habitat
ranges. Some are found on lowland areas below 500 m, and the rest are found on lower montane forest below 1500 m above sea level, fruiting in October to
December. VERNACULAR NAME: Cangkuwang.
NOTES: Pandanus pseudolais appears close to .P. bantamensis. Morphologically these species are similar to each other by sharing prop roots muricate in lines,
linear leaves, coriaceous leaves, leaf base reddish brown, leaf apex gradually long tapering to subulate apex, apical ventral pleat smooth, tertiary cross vein form
oblong meshes, recurved spine present. Pandanus bantamensis differs from P. pseudolais by two character states, style bifurcate nearly halfway and stigma
confluent below, but separating on the forks. SPECIMENS EXAMINED: — WEST JAVA: Bogor, Jasinga-Yanlappa, Rahayu
053 JHUN; Buitenzorg, van den Brink 5340 BO; Sukabumi-Mt. Gede Pangrango-Bodogol, Rahayu 031 JHUN, Kuhlt Hasselt sn L; Jampang
