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Calamus nagbettai
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Calamus nagbettai Fernandez & Dey, Indian J. For. 96: 225. 1970; Sasidh. & Anto, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 21: 247. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 353. 1997; Renuka, Palms Kerala 28. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nagabetha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Clustering canes, to 15 m long and 4.5 cm across with leaf sheaths. Leaves to 4 m long. cirrus to 1.5 m long; petiole to 40 cm long. Rachis and petiole with ca. 2 cm long sharp spines. Sheaths yellowish-green, lower half densely spiny, spines triangular, black, in groups of 2 or 3, intermingled with shorter spines, young sheaths brown tomentose.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-June
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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, Yellow
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
1000-1500
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Localities:
Kallar, Umayan hills
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