Calamus tenuis Roxb.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Calamus amarus Lour.; Calamus delessertianus Becc.; Calamus heliotropium Buch.-Ham. ex Mart.; Calamus horrens Blume; Calamus royleanus Griff.; Calamus stolonifer Teijsm. & Binn.; Palmijuncus amarus (Lour.) Kuntze; Palmijuncus heliotropium (Buch.-Ham. ex Mart.) Kuntze; Palmijuncus horrens (Blume) Kuntze; Palmijuncus royleanus (Griff.) Kuntze; Palmijuncus tenuis (Roxb.) Kuntze; Rotang royleanus (Griff.) Baill.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Calamus tenuis Roxb.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Chachi-bet, Jati-bet, Jatibet (Assamese)
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests
  • Comments / notes : Common cane in Tarai areas of Uttarakhand.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Uttarakhand to Indo-China, Sumatera to Jawa
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 244
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Calamus tenuis. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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