Grow Your Garden with a Stunning Pandanus dubius 'Fat Boy' - The Broad Leaved Screw Pine Plant
- Common name:
- Fat Boy, Broad Leaved Screw Pine
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Kewda
- Category:
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Shrubs, Indoor Plants, Water & Aquatic Plants
- Family:
- Pandanaceae or Kewda family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade, Low light tolerant
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers once in many years, Flowers are inconspicuous
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 4 to 6 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Fragrant flowers or leaves
- Auspicious or Feng Shui plant
- Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
- Good for screening
- Thorny or Spiny
- Good on seaside
- Grows best in humid and warm regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Less than ten
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Plant Description:
- - This a beautiful pandanus species from the Solomon islands.
- This pandanus has very broad and shining leaves.
- It makes an excellent container plant as well as a landscape specimen.
- The leaves are bright green and stout. Plants can tolerate low light.
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Growing tips:
- - The plants grow well in pot and ground in almost any soil in bright sun or partial shade.
- The colour of the leaves becomes deep green in shade.
- Plants grow to considrable height when planted out in the open.
