Freycinetia monticola
Rendle
Kiekie
Pandanaceae Edible: Floral bracts
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Porter P. Lowry II
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Description
A tropical climbing plant in the Pandanaceae family with long, narrow leaves, related to the screw pines.
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Edible Uses
The fleshy flower bracts are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fleshy flower bracts are eaten raw.
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Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Austral Is, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Pacific, Vanuatu,
Notes
There are about 100-175 Freycinetia species.
References (2)
- Barrau, J., 1961 (1976 reprint), Subsistence Agriculture in Polynesia and Micronesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 223, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 57
- CURREY,
