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Calamus vattayila
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Calamus vattayila Renuka, Curr. Sci. 56: 1012. 1987; Renuka & Sasidh., RIC Bulletin 9: 5. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 480. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 354. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 470. 1998; Renuka, Palms Kerala 34. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 362. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 520. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 897. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vattayilayan, Ottaman
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Solitary, climbing canes; stem to 30 m long, with sheaths to 2.5 cm in diam; sheath dark green, sparingly spiny; knee conspicuous. Leaf to 1 m long, leaflets alternate, elliptic, ciliate at apex, 6-veined; petiole to 25 cm long; spines erect, to 1 cm long; flagellum to 4 m long, with grouped recurved spines. Female inflorescence in heavy branches, to 1 m long. Fruit ca. 2.5 x 0.8 cm, oblong, scales in 25-30 rows, longer than broad, chest nut brown.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Wayanad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kallar, Arjunankotta, Moozhiar, Kuriarkutty, Kottiyur, on way to Nilamel, Vazhachal, Chalakkudy, Nemmara
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