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ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE TREES 



moist low-country, up to 1,000 feet. Flowers 



indigenous to the 

 strongly scented. 



Palms. See under Palms. 



Pandanus furcatus. Pandanaceac. Screw T -pine. A large 

 handsome species, 30 to 40 feet high, with long, prickly leaves, 

 which are arranged on the stem in the remarkable form of a screw. 



SCREW PIXE. Pandanus fnrcatits. 



P. Leram. Nicobar Islands Bread-fruit. A striking species 

 of Screw-pine, with the stem repeatedly forked, bearing immense 

 heavy, green fruits ; introduced at Peradeniya in 1883. 



Pangium edule. BLvacene. "Kapayang" or Pangi (Malay). 

 A quick-growing, spreading tree with very large heart-shaped 

 leaves, bearing large oval reddish-brown fruits, about 6 inches long ; 

 native of Malaya, and introduced to Peradeniya in 1891. The 

 fruit is considered poisonous, but edible when cooked. 



