Calamus heteracanthus

Calamus (KAL-ah-muhs) heteracanthus (heh-tehr-ah-KAHN-tuhs)
Wondiwoi, West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Dr. William J. Baker, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Calamus (KAL-ah-muhs) Species: heteracanthus (heh-tehr-ah-KAHN-tuhs)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
Asia
Morphology
Habit: Clustering Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
None.

Habitat and Distribution

Indonesia. Maluku, New Guinea. Lowland primary and secondary forest. It has also recorded from hill forest on

Forest on limestone along Jalan Manwaref, near Biak town, Biak, Papua, Biak, Indonesia. Photo by Dr. William J. Baker, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

limestone and alluvial

flats near streams. This species occurs in lowland primary and secondary forest. To 700 m elev. This species has a wide range from Maluku to eastern Papua New Guinea.

Culture

Cold Hardiness Zone: 10a

Comments and Curiosities

Conservation: C. heteracanthus is present in a variety of ecoregions, the most threatened of which is the Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests, where logging concessions overlap with protected areas. C. heteracanthus is present in the Brown River Forest Reserve (specimen Zieck, J. 36106), the Misool Selatan nature reserve, the Teluk Cendrawasih national park and the Wondiwoi nature reserve. This species does not appear to be cultivated, it is not listed on CITES and seeds are not known to have been collected for ex-situ conservation purposes. IUCN Red Listing Least Concern.