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Family: Pandanaceae (screw-pines) Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Pandanales
Four genera and about 885 species (West Africa through to the
Pacific), with one species Pandanus livingstonianus indigenous to
southern Africa (Mozambique). In addition, Pandanus utilis (Common
screw-pine, from Madagascar), is cultivated in the region.
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