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screwpine

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ID 631703 Last modified 28.11.2022
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Domain classified botany
kruvipuu preferred
  • tugijuurtega igihaljaste lehtpuude ja -põõsaste perekond pandaniliste sugukonnast
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    • Kruvipuud on oma nime saanud lehtede spiraalse asetuse tõttu. ... Kruvipuid ehk pandaneid arvatakse olevat ligi 1000 liiki ja paljud neist kasvavad troopikas eelkõige mangroovides. Tõusu ja mõõna tingimustes püsti püsida aitavad neil tugevad tugijuured. Viljad on suurtes ümarates koguviljades, mis koosnevad üle sajast osaviljast. Suur vili laguneb osadeks juba puu otsas ja paljastab lihaka keskosa, mis on keedetult-küpsetatult söödav.
  • a genus of trees which usually have stilt roots and open, falsely dichotomously branched crowns
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    • The genus is characterized by numerous long, narrow, parallel-veined, palmlike leaves with spiny margins and midribs that are produced in tufts at the branch tips in three or four close twisted ranks around the stem, forming the screwlike helices of leaves that give the common name screw pine to these plants.
kruvipuu preferred
pandan
screwpine
Pandanus

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