✿Arecaceae · Calamus
Ontibetta / Slender Rattan Cane
Calamus pseudotenuis
Cane (Climbing)outdoor
- Habit
- Cane (Climbing)
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan
- Flowering
- October-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Calamus pseudotenuis
- Genus
- Calamus
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Cane (Climbing)
- Native to
- Southern Asia
- Distribution
- South West India and Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ontibetta itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಒಂಟಿಬೆತ್ತ ontibetta, ಹಾಲುಬೆತ್ತ
- Malayalam
- ചെറുചൂരല് cerucuural, ചെറുചൂരൽ, Calamus pseudotenuis
About Ontibetta
Slender Rattan Cane (Calamus pseudotenuis) belongs to the Arecaceae family, where it grows as a climbing cane. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Rajasthan. Flowering and fruiting run from October to February.
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Ontibetta belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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