Pandanus odoratissimus-Kewra
Posted: May 12th, 2012, 9:59 am
ASA,
Does anyone know any source or a nursery which sells (real) Kewra plant in Karachi? Shalimar once sold me, but it turned out to be ordinary screw pine which never flowered. I have searched for this fragrant variety for more than 8 years but without success. We had Kewra plant in our old house in the university but it was chopped down by those who came later, probably considering it as a wild growth. After that I never encountered Kewra anywhere by sheer bad luck. Kewra flowers have an amazingly sweet fragrance. And literally one flower is enough to make it's presence known while you are few feet away from the flower. It used to bloom rather rarely in a year and but it used to be a pleasant surprise. The fragrance still lingers in my mind.
The pictures have been taken from here:
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Pand_odo.html
Regards,
Farooq
Does anyone know any source or a nursery which sells (real) Kewra plant in Karachi? Shalimar once sold me, but it turned out to be ordinary screw pine which never flowered. I have searched for this fragrant variety for more than 8 years but without success. We had Kewra plant in our old house in the university but it was chopped down by those who came later, probably considering it as a wild growth. After that I never encountered Kewra anywhere by sheer bad luck. Kewra flowers have an amazingly sweet fragrance. And literally one flower is enough to make it's presence known while you are few feet away from the flower. It used to bloom rather rarely in a year and but it used to be a pleasant surprise. The fragrance still lingers in my mind.
The pictures have been taken from here:
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Pand_odo.html
Regards,
Farooq