{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Pandanus multispicatus - Seychelles botanical gardens 2.jpg |image_caption = ''Pandanus multispicatus'' is a slender, low-growing shrub. |status = NT |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Ismail, S. |author2=Huber, M.J. |author3=Mougal, J. |date=2011 |title=''Pandanus multispicatus'' |volume=2011 |article-number=e.T30509A9555579 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T30509A9555579.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> |genus = Pandanus |species = multispicatus |authority = Balf.f. }}
'''''Pandanus multispicatus''''' ('''Vakwa de Montanny''') is a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, one of four species in this family that are endemic to the Seychelles.
==Description== This is the only ''Pandanus'' of Seychelles that does not become a tree, but rather grows as a low, sprawling shrub up to {{cvt|4|m}} high, the thin stems often lying decumbent along the ground. The fruit bodies resemble corn cobs. Each contains 200-400 individual fruit segments, and several fruit bodies are born together on a stalk.
==Distribution and habitat== It grows mainly in rocky areas and was previously very common in the higher mountains of Seychelles (the reason for its local name, "Vakwa de Montanny"). Formerly widespread, it is currently restricted to only eight small and isolated populations.
Other indigenous Pandanaceae of the Seychelles include ''Martellidendron hornei'', ''Pandanus sechellarum'', and ''Pandanus balfourii''. The Madagascan species ''Pandanus utilis'' is introduced and is now also widespread.
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Category:Flora of Seychelles multispicatus Category:Vulnerable plants Category:Endemic flora of Seychelles Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Isaac Bayley Balfour
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