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Pandanus brosimos, the wild karuka, is a tree from New Guinea, widely harvested there as a traditional food source. It is a wet tropical species and is not commonly grown as an ornamental.
Pandanus brosimos, the wild karuka, is a species of tree in the family Pandanaceae, endemic to New Guinea. Along with Pandanus julianettii, it is widely harvested in New Guinea as a traditional food source. Many local ethnic groups make use of pandanus languages (a special avoidance language) when harvesting the nuts.
It was first formally described by Elmer Drew Merrill and Lily May Perry in 1940.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pandanus brosimos 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.
