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Calamus dransfieldii
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Calamus dransfieldii Renuka, Kew Bull. 42: 433. 1987; Renuka & Sasidh., RIC Bulletin 9: 4. 1990; Renuka, Palms Kerala 23. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 744. 2002.
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Description:
Solitary or clustering, moderate-sized rattans, climbing high up to the canopy of trees; stem to 8 m long, with sheaths 3-5 cm diameter, without sheaths 2-5 cm, internodes to 23 cm long. Leaf sheath pale green, sparingly spiny; spines to 1 cm long, with a bulbous base; knee conspicuous; ochrea absent; flagellum 6 m long. Leaf ecirrate, to 2 m long; petiole to 55 cm, armed with spines to 5 mm; rachis armed with distant row of spines to 0.5 mm; leaflets pale green, long-acuminate, narrowly lanceolate, regularly arranged, 45 x 2 cm; veins ciliate on both surfaces, cilia to 2 cm; leaf tips armed with short bristles. Inflorescence flagellate, male and female inflorescence superficially similar, to 3.5 m long with up to 4-5 partial inflorescence each to about 20 cm long, branching once in each sex; subtending bracts closely sheathing, prolonged at the distal end into a lanceolate point, densely armed with small spines to 1 cm long; rachillae to 3 cm long, subtending bracts cylindrical at the base and expanded into a cup at the upper region. Staminate flower about 8 mm long, stamens 6; filaments shortly epipetalous; anthers medi-fixed; pistillode present. Female flowers to 4 mm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-800
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Localities:
Dhoni R. F., Koviltherimala
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