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Accession Data:

Freycinetia multiflora Merr.

  • Common Name: Climbing Pandanus
  • Family: Pandanaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: Philippines to Sulawesi

  • Description: A dioecious, scrambling plant in the screwpine family. Three petaled orange flowers blossom in spring.
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600032
  • Source: Logees
  • Provenance:
    Rcvd from Logees Greenhouse as Freycinetia multiflora.
    
    Has been suggested that this may be Freycinetia cumingiana which was erroneously introduced to the trade as F. multiflora initially. Need to check references.
    
  • Accession Date: 02-23-2016
  • Bench: 1210 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 NE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-27-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Pandanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Pandanaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

References (internal):

  • Dioecious species in the EEB Greenhouse Collection
  • Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Philippines / Sulawesi

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  2. Freycinetia multiflora at Logees. Culture Sheet. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  3. Freycinetia multiflora at Cal's Plant of the Week. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  4. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  5. Image #2 courtesy Kristen Nolting. Used with permission. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 07, 2018.

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:33:14 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Freycinetia multiflora

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Current Accessions in the Pandanaceae

  • Freycinetia multiflora
  • Pandanus caricosus
  • Pandanus pygmaeus
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