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Calamus wightii
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Calamus wightii Griff., Palms Brit. E. Ind. t. 216C. 1850.
Palmijuncus wightii (Griff.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733. 1891.
Calamus huegelianus Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 338. 1853; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 455. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1568(1094). 1931; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 527. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 492. 1994; Renuka, Palms Kerala 26. 1999.
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Description:
Clustering, moderate sized rattans; stems with sheaths to 3 cm in diameter, without sheaths to 2 cm. Leaves to 2 m long; leaf sheath brownish green, densely armed with spines, spines solitary or subseriate, the largest 10-15 mm long, interspersed with abundant brown tomentum; knee present; leaflets regularly arranged along the rachis. Inflorescence long, flagellate, partial inflorescence to 30-40 cm long. Fruit 15-18 mm across, almost spherical, scales in 21 rows, quite black, shiny.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July, May
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District(s):
Palakkad, 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:
Aruvanpara, Aruvampara
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