Calamus boniensis Becc. ex K.Heyne

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PALMS OF SULAWESI
Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Poso Regency, road from Tentena to Bada, undisturbed forest on
steep slopes, 01°47.837’S, 120°29.635’E, 1127m elevation. 22 October 2017.
Calamus sp.
Stems 10 m long, 1.5 cm diameter. Sheaths densely spiny with horizontal, needle-like spines;
petioles 8 cm long; rachises 98 cm long; pinnae 9 per side of rachis, in alternate pairs, elliptic,
without spinules, with numerous vestigial spinules all over abaxial surface, the apical pair
opposite, not vestigial; cirri spines more or less regular. Sterile palm.
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Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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