Pandanus sechellarum

Pandanus sechellarum ("Vakwa maron", also spelled "Vacoa marron") is a species of plant in the Pandan, or Screwpine Family (Pandanaceae).

Its medium-sized (30 cm), spherical fruit-body contains about 70 individual fruit segments, called pyrenes and hangs from the stem on a stalk.

Pandanus sechellarum was formerly one of the most common species in the indigenous vegetation of the Seychelles, to which it is endemic.

Currently it is usually found on steep terrain, river valleys or in accessible mountain tops.

The Madagascan species Pandanus utilis is introduced and is now also widespread.

The prominent stilt-roots of Pandanus sechellarum