Keteki phool (কেতেকী ফুল) Pandanus fascicularis Lamk.

Keteki phool (কেতেকী ফুল) The scientific name of Keteki phool is Pandanus fascicularis Lamk.

Description :

Much branched shrub or small tree; leaves narrow, acuminate, coriaceous; flowers dioecious, small, on catkin like, simple or branched axillary spadices, clothed with leaf like spathes, very fragrant; fruits globose or oblong mass of free or connate, wooly or fleshy angular drupes; seeds minute.

Uses :  Roots and flowers used in headache and rheumatic pain; leaves used in skin diseases and in leprosy.