Freycinetia excelsa (slender climbing pandanus)

Freycinetia excelsa F.Muell. (1865) .

A species of climbing plants in the botanical family Pandanaceae. 

Naturally found growing in northern and eastern Australia, as far south as the Tweed Valley in New South Wales. 

Northern Territory: Vulnerable .

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in NT, Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld, central eastern Qld. and southwards almost to south-eastern Qld [to Tweed Valley NSW (actually)] . 
Altitudinal range in northern Australia from near sea level to 1200 m.
Grows in well developed lowland, upland and mountain rain forest.
Also occurs in New Guinea.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Freycinetia excelsa F.Muell. (1865): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/60510/api/apni-format .
Viewed: 2025 September 14th .

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) 
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2 .
Freycinetia excelsa

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/ 

Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/
Viewed: 2025 June 2nd .

• Zich Frank A., Bernie P. M. Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A. Kerrigan (2020) 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Freycinetia excelsa F.Muell. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Freycinetia_excelsa.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 14th .

• Fensham Rod J and Ashley R Field, Queensland Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024. 
Freycinetia excelsa F.Muell. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024 
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th .

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Freycinetia excelsa F.Muell. → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Freycinetia~excelsa 
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 September 14th .

• Northern Territory Herbarium (2015–)
FloraNT Northern Territory Flora Online 
Freycinetia excelsa F.Muell. → https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=4126 
Quotation: " Conservation Status (TPWCA): Vulnerable " .
Department of Land Resource Management .
http://eflora.nt.gov.au
Viewed: 2025 September 14th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 381–382 (–383).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 .

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