Pandanus fascicularis (syn. P. odoratissimus, nom. illeg.) Screw Pine is a species of Pandanus native to southern Asia, from southern India east to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands south of Japan, and south to Indonesia. Common names include Kewra, Kaitha or Ketaki; केतकी. Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are the dominant and most familiar group of land plants. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... Families Cyclanthaceae Pandanaceae Stemonaceae Triuridaceae Velloziaceae The Pandanales are an order of flowering plants. ... Genera See text Pandanaceae is a family of flowering plants native to the tropics of the Old World. ... Species See text Pandanus is a large genus of between 600-700 species of tree- or shrub-like flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. ... Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. ... Species See text Pandanus is a large genus of between 600-700 species of tree- or shrub-like flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Location of Ryukyu Islands The Ryukyu Islands, in Japanese called the Nansei Islands ) are a chain of Japanese islands in the western Pacific Ocean at the eastern limit of the East China Sea. ...

It is a shrub with fragrant flowers. A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ...

The flower is mentioned in the Brahma's story as Shiva's favourite flower. It is also knows as keora (keura or keori) or keya (kia). Brahma (IAST: Brahmā) (Devanagari ब्रह्मा, pronounced as ) is the Hindu god (deva) of creation, and one of the Hindu Trinity - Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. ...

It is used as perfume. aromatic oil (kevda oil) and fragrant distillation (otto) called "keorra-ka-arak". These are stimulant and antispasmodic and are used in headache and rheumatism. The flowers are also used to flavour food.

Following are the local names in Indian Languages Assamese - Keteki Bengali - Ketaky Gujarathi - Ketaky Hindi - Kevadaa; Keora Kannada Tale hoovu; Kedige Konkani - Bonnong; Kegdi Malayalam - Kaitha; Thaazha Mahrathi - Kevadaa Oria - Kia Punjabi - Keora Sanskrit - Kaethakee Tamil - Thazhai Telegu - Mogil Tulu - Kaedai

External links

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pandanus fascicularis
• Kewda-Orissa's Fragrant Floral King by Christopher McMahon
• Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages: Pandanus
• Ketaki - a cursed but useful flower by H.C.Gera for The Tribune