Calamus divergens A.J.Hend., Pitopang & Moh.Iqbal

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Indonesia

• State/Province

  Sulawesi Tengah

• County/Municipio

  Poso (Regency)

• Locality

  road from Pendolo to Wutu

• Elevation

  Alt. 1250 m. (4101 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -2.23561, 120.784

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PALMS OF SULAWESI
Indonesia. Sulawesi Selatan: East Luwu Regency, road from Pendolo to Wutu, undisturbed
forest on steep slope, 02°14.137’S, 120°47.063’E, 1250 m elevation. 24 November 2017.
Calamus sp.
Stems clustered, forming small clumps, 15 m long, 2.2 cm diameter. Sheaths green, densely
covered with upward-pointing, reddish-brown spines, these denser at sheath apex and on ocrea
margins; knees spiny; petioles 27 cm long; rachises 54 cm long; pinnae 6-9 per side of rachis,
most arranged in divergent pairs or threes, thick and leathery, without spinules on veins, with
vestigial spinules abaxially; cirri spines irregular, the cirri relatively short. Inflorescences
pistillate, 70 cm long; rachis bracts palustris-like’; rachillae terminating in a modified, spine-like
bracteole; pistillate flowers paired; fruits ellipsoid, whitish.
A. Henderson, Roland Putra Pribadi Ahmad & Semuel Torokano 4360
Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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