Fragrant Pandan originated in Southeast Asia and then spread to various tropical regions. Based on its uses, this plant is utilized as a hedge plant, weaving material, traditional medicine, roofing material, a cigarette paper substitute, a beverage ingredient, a fragrance, a food coloring, and a cooking spice.

It grows wild along riverbanks, swamps, and other places where the soil is moderately moist. It thrives from coastal areas up to an altitude of 500 m a.s.l.. It prefers locations with full sunlight.

• Root: Taproot, colored white.

• Stem: Round with scars from the leaf bases and is branched.

• Leaves: Simple, ribbon-shaped (ensiform) with a pointed tip and entire margins, green in color, reaching a length of 55–75 cm and a width of 4–5 cm.

• Flowers: Compound (inflorescence) and head-shaped (bongol), dioecious (separate male and female plants), and white in color.

• Propagation is done vegetatively using single shoots that have aerial roots.

• Seedling Nursery: Seedlings are grown with a planting distance of 10 cm×10 cm in the nursery area.

• Planting: Planting holes are 30 cm×30 cm×30 cm, with a planting distance of 40 cm×40 cm in the production area.

• It acts as an appetite stimulant, a remedy for nerve weakness, rheumatism, and body aches (pegal linu), treats dandruff and hair loss, is anti-herpes, a throat reliever, lowers high blood pressure, and eliminates tinea versicolor (panu).

• Alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, tannins, polyphenols, pandanin protein, pandanamine, and 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2AP) (a key aromatic compound).