Calamus scipionum Lour.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Calamus

Characteristics

A stout cane or rattan. It grows in clusters. It is 1.2 m between the nodes. It is fairly thick. The stems are 5 cm across. They can be 50 m long. It is spiny with whip like flagella that enables it to climb. The leaflets are 40 cm long. The fruit are green or yellow. They are scaly.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support climber
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 50.0
Root system -
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Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in secondary forest up to 500 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits shoots
Therapeutic use Ague (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Ligature (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds and suckers.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Calamus scipionum world distribution map, present in Philippines and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665412-1
WFO ID wfo-0000760097
COL ID 696W3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Palmijuncus scipionum Rotang scipionum Calamus scipionum