Red Pandanus (Marita) preperation in the highlands of PNG.

Pandanus conoideus is a plant in the Pandanus family from New Guinea. Its fruit is eaten in Papua New Guinea and Papua, Indonesia. The fruit has several names: marita (in Papua New Guinea local language), or buah merah ("red fruit", in Indonesian). The fruit is typically prepared by splitting it, wrapping it in leaves, and cooking it in an earth oven. making it a traditional delicacy.