Calamus latifolius var. marmoratus Becc.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Palmijuncus latifolius (Roxb.) Kuntze; Calamus dumetorum Ridl.; Calamus gregisectus Burret; Calamus humilis Roxb.; Calamus kerrianus Becc.; Calamus loeiensis Hodel; Calamus macracanthus T.Anderson; Calamus palustris Griff.; Calamus palustris var. cochinchinensis Becc.; Calamus palustris var. malaccensis Becc.; Palmijuncus humilis (Roxb.) Kuntze; Palmijuncus macracanthus (T.Anderson) Kuntze; Palmijuncus palustris (Griff.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Calamus latifolius Roxb.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gauri bet (Oria)
  • Habit : Cane
  • Comments / notes : Along streams in the hills
  • Key identification features : Leaves pinniferous above with flat spines in whorls; petiole margin spinulose; leaflets lanceolate to elliptic- lanceolate; Flowers in spadices, terminating in tail-like appendix; Fruits subglobose, pale-yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-March
  • Collector(s) Name : H.O.Saxena, M.Brahmam
  • Collection Date : 05/81
  • Collection Nos : RRL 6336
  • Collection Locality : Similipahar, Odisha
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Keonjhar district, Dhenkanal district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : India
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 266
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 224
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Calamus latifolius var. marmoratus. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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