Calamus scleracanthus Becc. ex K.Heyne

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PALMS OF SULAWESI
Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Sigi Regency, Kulawi District, road between Sadaunta and Salua,
forest on steep slope, 01°22.802’S, 119°58.625’E, 610 m elevation. 1 October 2017.
Calamus sp.
lauro paloe
Stems solitary, 4 m long, 2 cm diameter. Sheaths gray-green with black-tipped spines; petioles
3.5 cm long; rachises 75 cm long; pinnae 15 per side of rachis, regularly arranged, spreading in
one plane, with numerous vestigial spinules all over abaxial surface; cirri spines irregularly
arranged. Inflorescences pistillate, 114 cm long, inserted well below sheath apex.
A. Henderson, Ramadhanil Pitopang & Adhil 4250
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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