Pandanus amaryllifolius
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Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the Pandanus genus, which is commonly known as pandan. Its fragrant leaves are commonly used for flavoring in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, some South
Chottola
Pandan cake, a light, soft and fluffy chiffon cake, uses pandan leaf as green colouring and flavouring agent.
Buko pandan salad from the Philippines mixes gulaman cubes flavored with pandan leaf extracts with young coconut (buko). It is a common flavor combination in the Philippines and can also be found in buko pandan cake.
Chicken satay on banana leaf in Java
Cultigen
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A cultigen, or cultivated plant, is a plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, by means of genetic modification, graft-chimaeras, plant breeding, or wild or cultivated plant sel
Pandanus amaryllifolius
…cuisines of Southeast Asia, some South Asian cuisines (such as Sri Lankan cuisine) and in Hainanese cuisine from China. Pandanus amaryllifolius is a true cultigen, and it is believed to have been domesticated in ancient times. It is sterile and can only reproduce vegetatively through suckers or cuttings. It was…
Liberty Hyde Bailey 1858–1954, who coined the word cultigen in 1918