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Calamus neelagiricus
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Calamus neelagiricus Renuka, Rheedea 7: 69. 1997; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 137. 1999; Biju in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 173. 1999; Renuka, Palms Kerala 29. 1999.
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Solitary moderate sized rattans; stem with sheaths up to 5 cm in diameter and without sheaths to 3 cm. Leaves to 2 cm long; leaf sheath green, armed with sturdy, bulbous based spines of 1 cm long; leaflets are arranged regularly. Inflorescence to 2.5 m long, partial inflorescence to 30 cm long. Fruit 1 x 0.5 cm, oblate, scales straw yellow when dry, channelled in the middle and arranged in 21 rows.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
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, 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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kattuvaramudi
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