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Calamus longisetus Griff.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Calamus

Characteristics

A palm or rattan. It is a climbing plant. It is robust and climbs 3  long. It is 4-5 cm across. The internodes are 10-45 cm long. The leaf sheath has spines. These can be 6 cm long. The fruit is top-shaped and 3.5 cm long by 2 cm wide. It has a triangle shaped beak. The seed are 2.7 cm long by 1.7 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.04 - 0.05
Mature height (meter) 50.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It is cold hardy to plant hardiness zone 10.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses material
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Calamus longisetus world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665209-1
WFO ID wfo-0000757412
COL ID 5X779
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 770902
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Synonyms

Calamus longisetus Calamus tigrinus Palmijuncus longisetus Palmijuncus tigrinus
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