Calamus viminalis Willd.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ARECACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Calamus viminalis var. fasciculatus (Roxb.) Becc.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Calamus viminalis Willd.
  • Vernacular name : Panibeth, Beto (Oria); Marang biti, Barabiti (Hindi); Peung (Telugu)
  • Habit : Cane (Climbing)
  • Comments / notes : Frequent in ravines and damp forests
  • Flower, Fruit : September-April
  • Collector(s) Name : K. Sankar Rao, Arun Singh & Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 23/02/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0453
  • Collection Locality : RPRC Garden, Khurda district (OD)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, East Godavari district
    • Odisha : Khurda district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district
  • World Distribution : India incl. Andaman, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3. pp. 1016; 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 viminalis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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