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Fig. 176. Pandanus parvus Ridl., from Singapore, cult., 1895, H. N. Ridley, a , Staminate inflorescence, 
X 1; b, stamens, lateral view, X 10; Q floral bract, lateral view, X 1- 
expanded DESCRIPTION: Pistillate stems 
0.8-2.92 m tall, 6-12 mm in diameter; prop 
roots up to 50 cm long, 4-5 mm in diameter, 
smooth, green to brown, nearly vertical; leaves 
27-50 cm long, 21-48 mm wide, the caudate 
apex 3-9 cm long; peduncle 5-12 cm long; 
syncarp 2.5-4 cm long, 2.5-33 cm in diameter, 
globose or ovoid-globose. 
DESCRIPTION OF staminate PLANT: Stami- 
nate inflorescence 15-18 cm long, bracts white 
and somewhat fleshy; peduncle 3-4 mm in di- 
ameter, fleshy, soon withering and caducous; 
lowest bracts 8-13 cm long, 26-30 mm wide, 
sterile, the body 6-9 cm long, navicular, with 
prominent parallel veins, the lower half with 
margins unarmed; near the apex the margins 
