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 buroensis Mart. ex Walp.; Calamus extensus Mart.; Calamus fasciculatus Roxb.; Calamus fasciculatus subvar. andamanicus Becc.; Calamus fasciculatus subvar. bengalensis Becc.; Calamus fasciculatus subvar. cochinchinensis Becc.; Calamus fasciculatus subvar. pinangianus Becc.; Calamus litoralis Blume; Calamus phuocbinhensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung; Calamus pseudorotang Mart.; Calamus siamensis Becc.; Calamus siamensis var. malaianus Furtado; Calamus viminalis var. fasciculatus (Roxb.) Becc.; Palmijuncus fasciculatus (Roxb.) Kuntze; Palmijuncus litoralis (Blume) Kuntze; Palmijuncus pseudorotang (Mart.) Kuntze; Palmijuncus viminalis (Willd.) Kuntze; Rotang viminalis (Willd.) Baill.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Calamus viminalis Willd.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Panibeth, Beto (Oria)
    • Marang biti, Barabiti (Hindi)
    • Peung (Telugu)
  • Habit : Cane
  • 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
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
  • 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.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 266
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Calamus viminalis. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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