The Beauty of the Pandanus Palm Tree
I grew up with Pandanus palm – a tree that provides fruit, palm for house posts, leaves for mat and sometimes roofing. But, what I always remember and appreciate is the beauty of the palm trunk and leaves. The fruit itself is something else. It looks like a spike ball, full of sweetness. It could be an alien seed or lamp from another world.
Yesterday, during a quick trip to the coast, I felt myself drawn to the Pandanus palm with my camera.
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That is some unique looking fruit!
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Thank you! How are you? 🙂
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I love the shape of that tree and can understand why you find the trunk and leaves fascinating. The fruit just makes me laugh, for some reason. 🙂 Lovely photos, Joycelin.
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Hahaha – yes Millie – you know certain Pandanus fruit are quite sweet, and when I was younger and in my fishing days, we would pick the single seeds out of the water just suck on them for the sweetness/sugar and I guess energy. It was always a race with the insects.
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I adore palm trees! This one is lovely, and yes, the fruit does look as though it could be an alien seed. I hope you had a delightful day on the coast 🙂
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🙂 Thank you so much. We had so much fun. I was sharing the day with two women who were very close to me.
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I love the way the trees seem caught in motion. And you are right, the beauty of their leaves and trunk really catches the eye and makes me want to run my fingers over them.
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Thank you very much Claudia – you’re right, it is very eye-catching.
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A strange shape to the branches Joycelin – almost like a hand grasping the trunk 🐵
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True Chris – it is a strange looking branch, but it looks very artistic, when you look closer. 🙂
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Yes, I don’t recall seeing any bark quite like it before 😃
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You have to visit the tropics Chris. 🙂 Time for the islands.;)
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Furthest South I made was Singapore when I did Myanmar (Burma) / Thailand / Malaysia / Singapore (coincidentally, my wife also worked in Singapore for six months before going to UAE where she was unlucky enough to meet and marry me LOLOL) 🐵
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LOL – unlucky? really? LOL..well, well, if you were in that part of the world, you should have spotted a Pandanus palm tree.
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In 1971, I had little in a rented house and used the pandanus fruit ( already in red ) as a table decoration. The table itself was just 2 lengths of plywood covered with green satin cloth and thumbed tacked. This was my setup for Christmas for the 2 of us ( of course much younger by 50 years )……I walked along the deserted small island beach where I was stationed as an army officer and picked one up from the many pandanus plants there….the memory of a simple setup is still there.
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Wow! What a beautiful story (and imagery). You are such a romantic Kah Wah. 🙂 Thank you for sharing your Pandanus story.
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