Calamus zebrinus Becc.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Morobe

• County/Municipio

  Finschhafen Distr.

• Locality

  Jivewaneng Village, 14 km NW of Finschhafen

• Elevation

  Alt. 500 m. (1640 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -6.5014, 147.789

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  1000

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at the collector provided coordinates, ca. 14 km NW of Finschhafen.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

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02390092
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Flora of Papua New Guinea
Calamus steenisii Furtado
Det.: W.J. Baker 05/12/00
Papua New Guinea
Morobe
Finschhafen District
Jivewaneng Village, 14km NW of Finschhafen.
S 6° 30' 4.9” E 147° 47’ 21.3” Alt: 500 m
Secondary forest at roadside.
Robust, clustering rattan to c.8m. Stem diameter with
sheaths 30mm, without sheaths 22mm. Internodes
30cm. Sheath mid-green with dirty brown
indumentum and partial collars of fine brittle spines.
Ocrea long and papery. Leaf 200cm long including
12cm petiole. Leaflets 61 each side, arranged
regularly. Inlflorescence c.3m long including
peduncle up to 2m, 3-4 partial inflorescences. Fruit
white, spherical, 1cm diameter.
Cane for tying timbers in building construction - the
"village nail"
Vernacular: Marokwakwa (meaning "kills trees")
Dialect: Kotte
Banka, R. 2006 *	05.12.2000
With Bill Baker, Kathleen King, Bei Tarabi, Sekec T.
Duplicates: K, LAE, AAU, NY
PALMS OF NEW GUINEA PROJECT COLLABORATIVE FIELDWORK
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW
PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LAE