Calamus kingianus Becc.
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Calamus kingianus Becc. |
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Calamus kingianus Becc. View in CoL
Figure 4E, F
Diagnostic characters. Stems clustered, climbing, ca 9 m long; with sheath ca 1 cm in diameter; spines hor- izontal, linear ca 5–6 mm long; indumentums whitesilvery. Flagella 0.7 m long, spines 5–6 mm long. Leaf ecirriate, ca 55 cm long; petiole 11–12 cm long; leaflets 4–6 per side, single or in groups, lanceolate, ensiform, acuminate, ca 25 cm long, 2–2.5 cm wide, veins 3, and terminally free. Knee ca 1 cm long, spiny; ocrea incon- spicuous, ca 1–2 mm long, glabrous or spiny. Pistillate inflorescence flagellate, ca 1.1 m long; partial inflores- cences 2–3 in number, with single rachilla, 6–12 cm long. Flowering (pistillate). March.
Distribution. Lakhimpur district.
Vernacular names. Suli Bet (Assamese).
Uses. As binding material (cane).
Material examined. INDIA • Assam; 15000 ft; Feb 1893; Dr King’s collectors, leg.; CAL0000024740 View Materials . • 1♀; Assam, Lakhimpur, Kakoi Reserve ; 27°23′46.7″N; 094°05′38.1″E; alt. 118 m; 09 Mar. 2019; S. Mehmud leg.; ASSAM 96226 GoogleMaps .
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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