✿Arecaceae · Calamus
Handibetta / Rattan Cane
Calamus thwaitesii var. thwaitesii
Cane (Climbing)outdoor
- Habit
- Cane (Climbing)
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- March-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Calamus thwaitesii var. thwaitesii
- Genus
- Calamus
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Cane (Climbing)
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-June
- 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 Handibetta 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
- ಹಂಡಿಬೆತ್ತ handibetta
- Malayalam
- ആനച്ചൂരല് aanaccuural, തടിയന് ചൂരല് thatiyan cuural, വലിയ ചൂരല് valiya cuural
- Marathi
- वेत veta
About Handibetta
Rattan Cane (Calamus thwaitesii var. thwaitesii) belongs to the Arecaceae family, where it grows as a climbing cane. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to June.
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Handibetta belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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