Calamus

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PALMS OF SULAWESI
Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Poso Regency, road from Tentena to Bada, undisturbed forest on
steep slopes, 01°48.23rS, 120°28.095’E, 1697 m elevation. 22 October 2017.
Calamus sp.
rotan silaya
Stems 15 m long, 3 cm diameter Sheaths grayish with short spines; knees without spines;
petioles 13-18 cm long; pinnae 44 per side of rachis, regularly arranged, vestigial at apex of
rachis. Infructescences 91 cm long, pistillate; partial inflorescences subtended by ‘palustris-like’
bracts.
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A. Henderson, Sahlan & Jimmy Golo 4295
Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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