Kaitha (Pandanus Odoratissimus) Pookaitha

🌿 Kaitha (Screw Pine / Kewda) Plant 🌿
The source of legendary fragrance! Grown for its sacred, intensely aromatic Kewda flowers used in worship, perfumes, and cooking. A tropical ornamental marvel! 🌸👃

🌿 The Fragrant Treasure: Kaitha (Pandanus Odoratissimus)! 🌿

Ivy Paradise invites you to experience the divine aroma of the tropics! Presenting the magnificent Kaitha, also revered as Screw Pine, Kewda, or Ketaki. This is not just a plant; it’s a sensory journey, deeply woven into the cultural, spiritual, and culinary fabric of India. Own a piece of fragrant heritage today! 🌸✨

This striking evergreen plant is instantly recognizable by its long, sword-like leaves with serrated edges, which spiral elegantly from the stem, creating a unique architectural form. But its true magic lies in the captivating, intoxicating fragrance of its male flowers, known as Kewda. This precious scent is captured to create perfumes, sacred attars, and to flavor culinary delights.

✨ Why Grow Kaitha (Screw Pine)? ✨

• 👃 Legendary Fragrance: The primary reason to grow this gem! The intoxicating, sweet aroma of the Kewda flowers is a unique sensory experience, used in high-end perfumery and religious ceremonies.

• 🕉️ Sacred & Auspicious: Its flowers and leaves are integral to Hindu worship (puja) and are considered highly sacred, used in offerings to deities.

• 🍃 Culinary Essence: The fragrant Kewda water is a traditional and exotic flavoring agent in sweets, drinks, and biryanis, adding a distinct floral note.

• 🌴 Ornamental Majesty: With its dramatic, palm-like appearance and spiraling leaf growth, it makes a breathtaking ornamental specimen for gardens, adding a bold tropical texture.

• 💪 Hardy & Resilient: A very tough plant that thrives in coastal areas, tolerates salinity, and requires minimal care once established.

Caring for Your Kaitha Plant:

• ☀️ Light: Requires full sun to partial shade for optimal growth and flowering.

• 💧 Water: Enjoys consistently moist soil, especially when young. Tolerant of waterlogged conditions and coastal spray.

• 🌱 Soil: Adaptable to a wide range of soils, including sandy and saline coastal soils.

Note: The plant is dioecious, meaning individual plants are either male or female. The highly fragrant flowers are produced on the male plants.

Invite the sacred and aromatic presence of the Kewda into your garden. It’s a living source of perfume, prayer, and pleasure.

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