Calamus posoanus

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PALMS OF SULAWESI
Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Poso Regency, Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, relatively
undisturbed forest near lake, 01°19.503’S, 120°18.510’E, 1648 m elevation. 18 October 2017.
Calamus sp.	simadoli
Stems solitary, 10 m long, 1.2 cm diameter. Sheaths with many, needle-like spines; petioles 10
cm long; rachises 54 cm long; pinnae 5 per side of rachis, elliptic, distantly but almost regularly
arranged; cirri spines almost regular. Sterile plant.
A. Henderson, Ramadhanil Pitopang & Sahlan 4273
Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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