🌿 Pandan / Screwpine
Pandanus amaryllifolius
herbs perennial tropical herbaceous shrub
🗺️ Zones
4-9
🧪 Soil pH
5.0-7.0
📏 Spacing
3-5 ft apart (clumping shrub)
📅 Days to Maturity
12-18 months (from planting suckers); regular leaf harvest after establishment
🍴 Edible Parts
🍽️ ["Rice fragrance🍽️ desserts🍽️ custards🍽️ pandan chicken🍽️ cake (buko pandan)🍽️ natural green coloring"]
🤝 Companions (6)
🤝 bananas
Pandan thrives in the moist, shaded understory beneath banana plants; both love humidity and create a productive tropical food-forest layer.
Pandan and taro share a love of moisture — pandan's strappy leaves and taro's broad leaves create beautiful contrast while thriving in the same wet conditions.
Ginger grows well through pandan's clumping foliage; both prefer partial shade and consistently moist, rich soil in tropical gardens.
Turmeric benefits from pandan's soil-shading and moisture-retaining habit; together they form a productive understory beneath taller tropical trees.
Pandan and lemongrass are classic Southeast Asian culinary companions — both are clumping, aromatic plants that thrive in similar warm, moist conditions.
Galangal grows well amid pandan clumps; pandan's foliage helps retain the soil moisture and humidity galangal rhizomes need to flourish.
⚠️ Keep Apart (0)
No antagonistic relationships recorded yet.
💊 Medicinal Uses
Contains 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (aromatic compound) and alkaloids with analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. Traditional Southeast Asian remedy for headaches, ear pain, arthritis, and as a mild laxative. Leaf juice used externally for skin diseases and burns. Antihyperglycemic and antioxidant properties shown in research.