Screwpines
or vacoas
Vacoa
de Montagne or
Pandanus balfourii
Vacoa
Marron or Pandanus sechellarum is an endemic pandanus, found in the
higher regions of Silhouette. Reaching only 12 meters, while its stilt roots can
reach more than 30 meters to find grip ravines.
Curculigo
sechellensis or coco marron
in English palm grass. This is plant growing in the shade of the rain forest.
It is not family of the palm trees. Its leaves look like young palm leaves and
can reach 1meter, and provide a fibre used to make ropes. When they touch the
ground a new plant starts growing from the top of their leaves.
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