Pandanus microcarpus
Pandanus microcarpus is a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, endemic to Mauritius.
Description
This small, slender, freely branching tree can be distinguished from its closest relatives by its drooping, dark yellow-green leaves with red marginal spines.It can also easily be distinguished by its small, oval, red to purple fruit-head, which is born on a twisted, recurved stalk. Each fruit-head is packed with 75-200 2.5 cm-long drupes. The exposed top of each drupe is flat or slightly convex. Unusually for its genus, it sometimes bears staminodes.