Calamus kandariensis Becc.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PALMS OF SULAWESI
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Poso Regency, road from Sangginora to Watuatu, Gunung Biru
(Blue Mountain), forest on steep slope, 01835.5irS, 120°33.450’E, 1053 m elevation. 26
November 2017.
Calamus sp.
Stems solitary, 4 m long, 1.5 cm diameter. Sheaths brown tomentose initially, with short,
swollen-based spines; petioles 9 cm long; rachises 94 cm long; pinnae 8-9 per side of rachis,
irregularly arranged, without spinules; distal pinnae not reduced. Sterile plant.
A. Henderson, Roland Putra Pribadi Ahmad & Semuel Torokano 4365
Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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