Klasifikasi ilmiah Daun Pandan/Pandan Wangi
| Domain | Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes |
| Kingdom | Plantae - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants |
| Subkingdom | Viridaeplantae - Cavalier-Smith, 1981 |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants |
| Subphylum | Euphyllophytina |
| Infraphylum | Radiatopses - Kenrick & Crane, 1997 |
| Class | Liliopsida - Scopoli, 1760 |
| Subclass | Aridae - (Bartl., 1830) Takhtajan, 1997 |
| Superorder | Pandananae - (Lindley, 1833) Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992 |
| Order | Pandanales - Lindley, 1833 |
| Family | Pandanaceae - R. Brown, 1810 |
| Subfamily | Pandanoideae |
| Genus | Pandanus - Parkinson |
| Specific epithet | amaryllifolius - Roxb. |
| Botanical name | Pandanus amaryllifolius |
Pandan wangi tumbuh di daerah tropis dan banyak ditanam di halaman atau di kebun. Pandan kadang tumbuh liar di tepi sungai, tepi rawa, dan di tempat-tempat yang agak lembap, tumbuh subur dari daerah pantai sampai daerah dengan ketinggian 500 m dpl.
Perdu tahunan, tinggi 1-2 m. Batang bulat dengan bekas duduk daun, bercabang, menjalar, akar tunjang keluar di sekitar pangkal batang dan cabang.
Daun tunggal, duduk, dengan pangkal memeluk batang, tersusun berbaris tiga dalam garis spiral. Helai daun berbentuk pita, tipis, licin, ujung runcing, tepi rata, bertulang sejajar, panjang 40 - 80 cm, lebar 3 - 5 cm, berduri tempel pada ibu tulang daun permukaan bawah bagian ujung-ujungnya, warna hijau.
Bunga majemuk, bentuk bongkol, warnanya putih.
Buahnya buah batu, menggantung, bentuk bola, diameter 4 - 7,5 cm, dinding buah berambut, warnanya jingga.
Pandan wangi selain sebagai rempah-rempah juga digunakan sebagai bahan baku pembuatan minyak wangi. Daunnya harum kalau diremas atau diiris-iris, sering digunakan sebagai bahan penyedap, pewangi dan pemberi warna hijau pada masakan atau penganan. Irisan daun pandan muda dicampur bunga mawar, melati, cempaka dan kenanga, sering diselipkan di sanggul supaya rambut menjadi harum, atau diletakkan di antara pakaian dalam lemari. Daun pandan yang diiris kecil-kecil juga digunakan untuk campuran bunga rampai atau bunga tujuh rupa.
Perbanyakan dengan pemisahan tunas-tunas muda, yang tumbuh di antara akar-akarnya.
Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the screwpine genus which is known commonly as pandan and is used widely in Southeast Asian cooking as a flavoring. The plant is rare in the wild but is widely cultivated. It is an upright green plant with fan-shaped sprays of long, narrow, bladelike leaves and woody aerial roots. The plant is sterile, flowers only very rarely, and is propagated by cuttings.
These fragrant pandan leaves with a subtle grassy-nutty flavor are well sought after for their culinary usages, especially in the Asian countries of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Sri Lanka, as well as Australia. The characteristic aroma of pandan is caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline which also gives white bread, jasmine rice and basmati rice (as well as Bread Flowers Vallaris glabra) their typical smell. The leaves of of Pandanus amaryllifolius also have a repellent effect on cockroaches.
These fragrant pandan leaves with a subtle grassy-nutty flavor are well sought after for their culinary usages, especially in the Asian countries of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Sri Lanka, as well as Australia. The characteristic aroma of pandan is caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline which also gives white bread, jasmine rice and basmati rice (as well as Bread Flowers Vallaris glabra) their typical smell. The leaves of of Pandanus amaryllifolius also have a repellent effect on cockroaches.
Khasiat Herbal Pandan Wangi (Pandanus amaryllifolius)
Foto-foto Pandan Wangi - Pandanus amaryllifolius - Fragrant Screwpine Indonesian Screwpine adalah hasil foto kamera handphone sony ericsson k800i di halaman samping rumah di kampung gedong, pasar rebo, Jaktim.
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Referensi:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandanus_amaryllifolius
- http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/P/Pandanus_amaryllifolius/
- http://www.iptek.net.id/ind/pd_tanobat/view.php?mnu=2&id=124
- http://www.jaycjayc.com/pandanus-amaryllifolius-odorus/
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