Calamus hookerianus Becc.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ARECACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Calamus hookerianus Becc.
  • Vernacular name : Kallenchooral, Pindichooral, Velichooral, Kakkachooral, Vanthal, Kallanchooral (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Cane (Climbing)
  • Habitat : Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Flowers creamy, yellow
  • Flower, Fruit : October-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kannur, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Wayanad
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Calamus hookerianus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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