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Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze - syn.Keura odorifera Forssk. (basionym); Pandanus odoratissimus L.f. - Pandanaceae
pandan laut (indones.), fragrant pandan
Dioecious evergreen shrub or tree, up to 15m tall, native from from India to Indonesia, naturalized elsewhere (eastern Africa, Florida); stems greyish-brown, ringed with many leaf scars; rosette of leaves on top of the branches, sword-like; male flowers with yellow bracts, fragrant. https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandan_laut
„…the fragrant male inflorescence is distilled in water and the vapour absorbed into sandalwood oil to make the perfume kewda attar.“
[Minter, Sue. The greatest glass house: the rainforests recreated. HMSO, 1990, 65]
„P.odorifer, which supports the local perfume industry by the perfume extracted from the male inflorescence, is cultivated in the Ganjam district of Orissa, India (Panda et al., 2007, 2009). It is estimated that about 35 million flowers (3500 tons) are processed annually to produce fragrance and flavour materials worth Rs. 400 million (US$ 8.9 million) (Anonymous, 1996). The peculiar sweet fragrant smell of P.odorifer flowers represents 85 volatile oil compounds, mainly due to the major constituents 2-phenyl ethyl methyl ether (37.7%), terpinen-4-ol (18.6%), α-terpineol (8.3%) and 2-phenyl ethyl alcohol (7.5%) (Raina et al., 2004). The study reveals the fragrance potential of P.thwaitesii, P.kaida and P.palakkadensis, which could be xploited commercially for extraction of essential oil.“
[Collection, characterization and olfactory evaluation of Pandanus species in Southern India., Zanan, R.L., Nadaf, A.B., Plant Genetic Resources, 11(01), 2013, 84-86]
Roxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol.1 t.94 (1795)
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=741740