Fragrant Plants

[M Farooq]

Identification will be a real challenge, only if i can find very high quality macro pics of leaves, trunk and all it would be easier.

Tahir sb, this the closet and best picture I can find... click on the picture. The picture clearly shows the leaf texture, the thorn pattern and the leaf colour. http://aromata.lt/kvapai/en/products/at ... ewda-attar

Once you have time and are able to post the pictures of the kewra you found, I can also assist in identification.

[Tahir Khan]

Identification will be a real challenge, only if i can find very high quality macro pics of leaves, trunk and all it would be easier.

Tahir sb, this the closet and best picture I can find... click on the picture. The picture clearly shows the leaf texture, the thorn pattern and the leaf colour. http://aromata.lt/kvapai/en/products/at ... ewda-attar

Once you have time and are able to post the pictures of the kewra you found, I can also assist in identification.

That is the best pic i have seen so far of the leaves.. i will visit and try to capture some macros this weekend, most probably tomorrow.

[Tahir Khan]

Guys, here are the pics of Screw pine from the nursery in Islamabad, they have three plants, one larger than the two... 2500 rupees is their demand for each plant.

[Tahir Khan]

Some more..

[aykhan]

Are they giving any guarantees as to if they are male?

[M Farooq]

Guys, here are the pics of Screw pine from the nursery in Islamabad, they have three plants, one larger than the two... 2500 rupees is their demand for each plant.

Thank you Tahir for your efforts for posting the pictures. It seems that it is not a true kew-ra, but still it is a Pandanus. The distinguishing feature are the reddish edges and the thorns or spines. It looks like Pandanus utilis to me. http://www.medipalm.com/lang-fr/herbace ... tilis.html

The actual kew-ra has white thorns, dark green, waxy leaves.
According to Wikipedia the male plant of Pandanus utilis does bear fragrant flowers. What knowledge did the nursery man had about its flowers? Did he say they are fragrant? Any idea about its gender to the nursery guy?

Regards,
Farooq

[Tahir Khan]

When i asked them about Male/Female, the guy gave a smile and said 'don't know, 5 plants came in March... 2 were sold and 3 are remaining.

About the flowers... the guy there didn't know if that plant ever did flower or not... it will be a blind pick... you may get a male if lucky

[Tahir Khan]

There must be someway to identify the gender of this plant like some kind of a tissue test or something

[suffi]

can u tell it is avalibel in pakistan

[M Farooq]

There must be someway to identify the gender of this plant :geek: like some kind of a tissue test or something :?:

Tahir bhai...people have developed tests for gender identification for trees including Pandanus but they are beyond our (amatuer) gardening skills. Biological science kahan sey kahan pohunch gai hey :-)

When i asked them about Male/Female, the guy gave a smile and said 'don't know, 5 plants came in March... 2 were sold and 3 are remaining. About the flowers... the guy there didn't know if that plant ever did flower or not... it will be a blind pick... you may get a male if lucky :)

It still is a Pandanus... female fruits are edible I read somewhere. And they are more decorative, so female Pandanus are preferred rather than the male for decorative purposes in the gardens. Gender inequality as usual!