Screw Pine Fruit by danapommet

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jun 06, 2012

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With all the things going on in my life, right now, I am concentrating on commenting and less time on posting. Thank you all, who have noticed my lack of posting, and have site mailed me with concerns. Jo and I are fine just very busy with family. The Screw Pine is of a genus (Pandanus of the family Pandanaceae, the Screw Pine family) of tropical old world trees or shrubs with slender palm like stems, often huge prop roots, and terminal crowns of sword like leaves. These plants are not closely related to palm trees. The fruits are globose, 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 cm) in diameter, and have many prism like sections, resembling the fruit of the pineapple. Typically, the fruit changes from green to bright orange or red as it matures. The fruit is eaten by birds, bats and rodents. Most info from Wikipedia. Photo taken at the Society of the Four Arts Gardens, Palm Beach, Florida. Do zoom! Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments. They are very much appreciated. Dana

Comments (38)

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Flint_Hawk

12:42PM | Fri, 08 June 2012

An amazing fruit! Great capture!

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kbrog

2:09PM | Sun, 10 June 2012

Beautiful capture Dana! Looks like it would make a great Christmas tree decoration. :)

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psyoshida

3:11PM | Sun, 10 June 2012

Fabulous shot!! Looks very ancient and primeval. I've never seen one. Wonderful.

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Jay-el-Jay

10:05AM | Mon, 11 June 2012

Great shot of this different sort of fruit.

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junge1

9:54PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

Great capture and information Dana!

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mgtcs

10:53PM | Fri, 06 July 2012

Very exotic fruit here, amazing capture my friend, loved it!

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Erestorfan

4:03PM | Sun, 08 July 2012

Wow!! Very cool shot! I've seen these on TV before on nature shows and how the monkeys pick the pieces out when they are ripe and husk them to get at the sweet fruit inside!

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