+- Punaweb Forum (http://punaweb.org/forum)
+-- Forum: Punaweb Forums (http://punaweb.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Forum: Farming and Gardening in Puna (http://punaweb.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=13)
+--- Thread: Pandanus (/showthread.php?tid=10379)
Pandanus - dayna - 06-10-2012
Anyone have a Pandanus tree with the globe type "fruit" on them?
My parrots LOVE ripping these things to pieces so I'm looking to see if anyone has any I can come and cut off.
Mahalo!
Dayna
www.JasonAndBlue.com
My artwork
RE: Pandanus - Carey - 06-10-2012
Those probably are the "hala" Pandanus tectorus, (if the 'globe' looks like a pineapple - green to yellow & most dogs like them too, slightly sweet & plastic-y chewy) and can be grown by planting the keys.
We do not have the tree, but have found fruit at Richardson, down at the end of Macu'u & other at many of our friends in Hawaiian Beaches, Shores & such (just saw some on the ground in Kings Landing area while kayaking...)
The absolutely bestest hala fruit I have seen is on the other side in the gated gardens off of Makala. HUGE soccer ball sized, with very large keys (they make great brushes!)