The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Pandanus balfourii
Also called Balfour’s Pandanus
Vakwa montany (Pandanus balfourii) is a small, slender tree from the Seychelles, growing to about 8 m, with drooping leaves in spiral rosettes. It is a species, and it was once common along coasts but is now threatened by habitat loss.
Pandanus balfourii, also known as Vakwa bordmer, is a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, one of four species of the family that are endemic to the Seychelles.
It is endemic to the Seychelles, and was especially common on all the granitic islands. It was formerly extremely common along the coast, and its local name Vakwa bordmer refers to this habitat preference. However, it has been known to live in more rocky areas at higher altitudes too. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pandanus aldabraensis · Fragrant Pandan · Water Pandan · Ngaputoru Pandanus · Pandanus aridus · Pandanus barkleyi · Pandanus boninensis · Pandanus brookei · Pandanus brosimos · Pandanus calcicola · Pandanus candelabrum · Pandanus carmichaelii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pandanus balfourii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
