Calamus bousigonii

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Calamus (KAL-ah-muhs)
bousigonii (booz-ih-GOHN-ee)
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Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Pattaya, Thailand. Calamus bousigonii ssp. bousigonii. Photo by Dr. Scott Zona.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Calamus (KAL-ah-muhs)
Species:
bousigonii (booz-ih-GOHN-ee)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
Asia
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Morphology
Habit: Clustering & solitary.
Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
ha phun, may cun, may phun, may tat.

Habitat and Distribution

Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Central and southern Vietnam in lowland or montane rain forest at 100-1600 m elevation (also in Cambodia and Thailand). Tropical Moist Forest.

Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Pattaya, Thailand. Calamus bousigonii ssp. bousigonii. Photo by Dr. Scott Zona.

Description

Stems clustered or solitary, climbing, to 20 m long and 2 cm in diameter. Leaf sheaths green, mottled with whitish-brown hairs, with sparsely to densely arranged, yellowish-brown, swollen-based, to 1.3 cm long spines; ocreas short, not spiny; knees present; flagella present, to 1.5 m long; rachis to 1 m long with 5-10, rhomboidal leaflets per side, these regularly arranged, with bristly margins; cirri absent. Inflorescences to 1.1 m long, flagellate; bracts tubular; fruits globose, to 1.4 cm long diameter, yellowish; endosperm ruminate. (Henderson, A.J., A New Species of Calamus (Palmae) from Taiwan in Taiwania 50 (3). 2005)/Palmweb. Editing by edric.

Culture

Cold Hardiness Zone: 10b

Comments and Curiosities

There are two subspecies: C. bousigonii subsp. bousigonii in Vietnam and Cambodia, and subsp. smitinandii J. Dransf., with more deeply split inflorescence bracts, in Peninsular Thailand. (Henderson, A.J., A New Species of Calamus (Palmae) from Taiwan in Taiwania 50 (3). 2005)/Palmweb.

Uses: Produces a cane used in tying.

Phenology: flowers July; fruits April.

Conservation: Widespread and common, but intensively harvested.


External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.

Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).

Henderson, A.J., A New Species of Calamus (Palmae) from Taiwan in Taiwania 50 (3). 2005


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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