Renteng (Freycinetia insignis)

Renteng (Freycinetia insignis) is a species of plant in the Pandanaceae, herbaceous, climber, stems grow elongated, cylindrical, densely branched, grow in the forest canopy by attaching to the host tree using aerial roots and creating a network that spreads across the forest floor.

F. insignis has leaves arranged spirally around the branch tips of the stem. Ribbon-shaped leaves, up to 80 cm long, 4 cm wide, shiny green on the upper side, pointed at the tip and prickly at the bottom of the midrib and along the edge. Flowers appear at the tips of the branches. The spikes are green and up to 7 cm long.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Pandanales
Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Freycinetia
Species: Freycinetia insignis Blume in Rumphia 1: 158 (1837)
Subspecies: Freycinetia insignis subsp. hispidula B.C.Stone, Freycinetia insignis subsp. insignis

PUBLICATIONS

Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.

Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Renteng
Indonesian: Renteng
Java: Renteng

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