Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

الكيذا

English translation:

pandanus tectorius

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Feb 17, 2021 17:38
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Arabic term

الكيذا

Arabic to English Art/Literary Botany
I'm working on an Omani text and have come across this tree. I just can't figure out what it is called in English. I found a website referring to it as Keedha, but that's just a straight transliteration. Is there an actual translation for the name of this tree?

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pandanus tectorius


يعرف هذا النوع من النبات علميا باسم pandanus tectorius
https://dayalamar.ahlamontada.com/t312-topic

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Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean. Common names in English include thatch screwpine, Tahitian screwpine, hala tree, pandanus, and pu hala in Hawaiian

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Pandanus Pygmaeus Plant

Modern Plants Live Kevda/Kewda/Pandanus Pygmaeus Plant


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Example sentence:

https://www.amazon.in/Modern-Plants-Kevda-Pandanus-Pygmaeus/dp/B07X6NDTJS

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Pandanus/Pandanus odoratissimus/Pandanus odorifer/Omani pandanus

Pandanus odoratissimus (as per Bahraini official news paper)
بدأت أشجار جديدة من نوع الكاذي العطر بالنمو في مسوّرة محمية في مرتفعات خضرفي بمحافظة ظفار، على بعد 160 كيلومتراً من مدينة صلالة في جنوب سلطنة عمان.
http://www.alwasatnews.com/news/420828.html

There are 750 accepted species of this plant. You can see some of selected in this link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandanus#Selected_species

And here the list of all of them (thousands)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pandanus_species

Pandanus (only) which I would go for to be safe unless you confirm the exact name from the omani tourism department.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandanus

Pandanus odorifer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandanus_odorifer

Omani pandanus : This name I created, not published anywhere, so I have no link.
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Pandan trees/screw palms

Pandan or screw palm are common names for the scientific species 'Pandanus'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandanus
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