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Hello again the steemian, It is time talk about canopy in ground side of beach.
Bak Seeuke Duro (Pandanus tectorius)
Maybe you always see this kind of tree, yah.. It is Pandan thorns. Along the stretch of Aceh beach As far as I know, this plant grows in many beaches and bushes in the forest's Aceh. If on the beach this tree grow to high and there are fruits with green when it is ripe then the fruit will turn into a distinctive red color. And our poeple believe that thorny pandanus plants can protect the beach from erosive waves. This is the basic science of local wisdom inherited from generation to generation.
On the other hand, this plant known as Pandanus tectorius scientific name is one of the pandanus species that at the end of the leaves there is a sharp thorn burr, if we are the thorn of the thorn will scratch our skin, can be bleeding. That why it is named with a thorny pandanus.
by wikipedia.com
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Something you have to note that the size of this plant, the average height of this tree can reach 10 cm. With the leaves are always green that make some of them can make as ornamental plants. You know, in some research by conservation bogor unit this kind of tree believed Originating from the eastern and Pacific Islands region grows naturally around the Pacific coast of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australia at altitudes of up to 600 masl.
Another interesting thing about this tree when its size reaches four meters, the trunk grows single, after which grow the branches. This plant can grow well with the full intensity of sunlight in peat soil, calcareous soil and coastal soil with high salinity, and resistant to gusts of strong winds. This made it grow in some places only.
by wikipedia.com
Benefit
Trees that are considered useless
Pollination
Pandan Mat includes plants with two homes. Male flower in the form of a cob measuring between 25-60 cm, hanging disguised in white-yellow and fragrant spaces, while the females are round in diameter about 5 cm.
The leaves are ribbon-shaped with a length of 80-180 cm and a width of 4 to 8 cm are blue-green and waxy, boned leaf parallel, with thorns attached to the edges of the leaves and the lower side of the mother's leaf bone, pointed taper.
The fruit is oval and spherical with the size of the midline between 4 - 20 cm, the skin of the fruit is green, yellow tends to orange and red when ripe; yellowish white fiber flesh.
Effective herbal trees
In Hawaii, this plant is widely used as a medicinal plant, root tip hanging in the juice to overcome scrofula (infection of neck skin tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbes), while root juice mixed with pounded coconut flour and coconut oil can be used as laxatives, not only that, the ripe fruit peel can be used also to cure urinary tract problems.
source Image by Flora of the Hawaiin Island Link
In Fiji, tea made from pandanus leaves mat is taken as a medicine for diarrhea and a liquid filter on the roots can be drunk to cure asthma and back pain. Drinks from roots that grow in the base of the stems mixed with inner bark can heal a heart attack.
Here's what I know about spiny pandanus plants hopefully add to our insight about nature and keep it up.
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