Pandanus candelabrum

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Pandanus senegalensis MS4080.jpg

|genus = Pandanus

|species = candelabrum

|authority = P. Beauv.

|synonyms =

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  • Heterostigma heudelotianum Gaudich.
  • Pandanus barterianus Rendle
  • Pandanus heudelotianus (Gaudich.) Balf.f.
  • Pandanus kamerunensis Warb.
  • Pandanus kerstingii Warb.
  • Pandanus leonensis H.L.Wendl. nom. inval.
  • Pandanus togoensis Warb.
  • Pandanus umbellatus Martelli
  • Pandanus unwinii Martelli

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|synonyms_ref ={{citation

|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-285805

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|accessdate=2 February 2016}}

}}

Pandanus candelabrum, also known as the chandelier tree or candelabrum tree,{{cite book | last = Gove | first = Philip Babcock | author-link = Philip Babcock Gove | title = Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language | publisher = G. & C. Merriam Co. | series = | volume = | edition = unabridged | date = 1981 | location = Springfield, Mass. | pages = 373 | language = English | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm =}} is a species of screw palm found in tropical Africa, notably Liberia.{{cite web|url=https://www.geologyin.com/2016/10/geologist-discovers-plant-that-only.html|title=Geologist Discovers Plant That Only Grows Near Diamonds|publisher=Geology IN|date=2016-10-13|accessdate=2020-05-01}} It only grows on kimberlite outcroppings, making it a potentially useful indicator for diamond prospecting in a process called Geobotanical prospecting.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114130125/http://news.discovery.com/earth/plants/amazon-deforestation-could-cause-extreme-droughts-151113.htm|url=http://news.discovery.com/earth/plants/amazon-deforestation-could-cause-extreme-droughts-151113.htm|title=Amazon Deforestation Could Cause Extreme Droughts|work=Discovery News|date=14 November 2015|publisher=|archivedate=2015-11-14}}{{cite journal |last1=Haggerty |first1=Stephen E. |date=15 April 2015 |title=Discovery of a kimberlite pipe and recognition of a diagnostic botanical indicator in NW Liberia |url=http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/content/110/4/851 |journal=Economic Geology |volume=110 |issue=4 |pages=851–856 |bibcode=2015EcGeo.110..851H |doi=10.2113/econgeo.110.4.851 |access-date=16 July 2017|url-access=subscription }}

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