Pandanus Pandanus grow across much of the Top End of Northern Territory, wherever there is sufficient water from creeks or monsoonal rainfall. They produce tough orange fruit with a hard seed. Both fruit and seed are edible, if you are tenacious and patient. Only a few native critters have what it takes to eat them. So, while they do not feed many, they provide a home to many tree snakes, small lizards, frogs and finches. Pandanus have green spiky leaves that dry out as they are replaced by fresh growth. These leaves stay attached to the trunk long after they have died, giving the pandanus a skirt effect - and creating an impressive fireball when they catch fire. This design was inspired by driving through burning pandanus on my way home one night, shortly after moving to my current home.
