Calamus ornatus Blume

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PALMS OF SULAWESI
Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Banggai Regency, Balantak Utara District, road from Luwuk before
Boloak, limestone soil, 00”53.090’S, 123°16.846’E, 366 m elevation. 8 October 2017.
Calamus ornatus Blume	lambangasu
Stems solitary, 6 m long, 3 cm diameter. Sheaths with few spines; flagella present; petioles 30
cm long; rachises 1.5 m long; pinnae 21 per side of rachis, broad, regularly arranged, the apical
ones much reduced. Inflorescences flagellate, staminate plant.
A. Henderson & Moh. Iqbal 4266
Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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