This species is naturalised in several of the Mascarene islands, where it coexists with a great number of other indigenous and endemic "Pandanus" species. It can usually be distinguished from these however, by the tip of the free portion of each drupe of its fruit-head, which usually does not have an areole. The tip is usually also cleft between the stigmas. The fruit-heads are very variable, but usually stand out by being up to 20 cm wide and containing 100-200 drupes.