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How are Pandanaceae leaves arranged around the stem?

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Screw pine (Pandanus tectorius) — Pandanales Screw pine (*Pandanus tectorius*)

In the plant family Pandanaceae, the leaves are arranged in three or four close, twisted ranks around the stem. This specific arrangement forms the screwlike helices that give these plants their common name, "screw pine."1