Palmae

Calameae

Korthalsia ferox Becc.

• Taxon no. : 176
• Status : Accepted
• Genus : Korthalsia
• Genus Author : Blume
• Specie : ferox
• Specie Author: Becc.
• Rank : Species
• References:
[ 179], [ 1775], [ 1776], [ 3194],

Descriptors:

• *Bracts subtending rachilla: relation : shorter than rachilla [ 1775],
• *Endosperm: form : ruminate [ 1775],
• *Epicarp scales (live material): colour : other [ 1775],
• *Flowering: expression : hermaphroditic
• *Fruit: exudate : without dragon's blood
• *Fruit: shape when mature : turbinate [ 1775],
• *Habit: form : Climber [ 1775],
• *Inflorescence: flowering behaviour : hapaxanthic [ 1775],
• *Inflorescence: position : suprafoliar [ 1775],
• *Inflorescence: relative length : shorter than leaves [ 1775],
• *Inflorescence: terminal form : not flagelliform [ 1775],
• *Inflorescences: rooting : not rooting at tips [ 1775],
• *Knee (leaf sheath): presence : without knee [ 1775],
• *Lamina (living): abaxial surface colour : chalky-white [ 1775], orange-brown [ 1775],
• *Lamina scales: presence : absent [ 1775],
• *Lamina: indumentum : with indumentum [ 1775],
• *Lamina: spinules (minute spines) : without spinules [ 1775],
• *Leaf rachis: armature : armed [ 1775],
• *Leaf rachis: hairs : without hairs [ 1775],
• *Leaf rachis: indumentum : with indumentum [ 1775],
• *Leaf rachis: relative length : 2-3 times as long as petiole [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath indumentum: persistence : deciduous [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath indumentum: presence : scattered [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath mouth: spines : spines scarcely different from the rest [ 1781],
• *Leaf sheath scales: colour : chocolate-brown [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath scales: persistence : deciduous [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath scales: presence : present [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines (excluding mouth spines): size : up to 8cm long (max) [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: arrangement : not grouped [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: base : not conspicuously bulbous-based [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: colour of base : not yellow [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: curvature : not reflexed [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: margins : with smooth margins [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: orientation : horizontal [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: persistence : persistent [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: presence : abundant [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: shape in T.S. : flattened [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: shape : slender, tapering or undulate (>3 cm long) [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath spines: types : of uniform size [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath: colour : other [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath: flagellum : without flagellum [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath: hairs or spicules : without rigid hairs or spicules [ 1775],
• *Leaf sheath: surface : without horizontal ridges [ 1775],
• *Leaf: cirrus : cirrate [ 1775],
• *Leaf: lamina colour : not mottled [ 1775],
• *Leaflet apex: shape : praemorse [ 1775],
• *Leaflet bristles: presence : absent [ 1775],
• *Leaflet margins: form : praemorse [ 1775],
• *Leaflet midribs: golen bristles : without golden bristles [ 1775],
• *Leaflet midribs: prominence : prominent on both surfaces [ 1775],
• *Leaflet: plication : conspicuously plicate [ 1775],
• *Leaflets (individual): max width : more than 6cm wide [ 1775],
• *Leaflets (not grouped): arrangement : regular [ 1775],
• *Leaflets: arrangement : not grouped [ 1775],
• *Leaflets: colour : discolorous [ 1775],
• *Leaflets: divarication : not divaricate [ 1775],
• *Leaflets: insertion : stalked (with ansa) [ 1775],
• *Leaflets: number : 1 > x < 10 on each side of rachis [ 1775],
• *Leaflets: orientation : (more or less) in one plane [ 1775],
• *Leaflets: shape : rhomboid [ 1775],
• *Leaflets: venation : radiating [ 1775],
• *Lowest leaflets: orientation : not reflexed across stem [ 1775],
• *Ocrea: ant association : without ant association [ 1775],
• *Ocrea: armature : armed [ 1775],
• *Ocrea: character : disintegrating or tattering [ 1775],
• *Ocrea: position : not diverging at an angle [ 1775],
• *Ocrea: presence : present [ 1775],
• *Ocrea: size : less than 10 mm [ 1775],
• *Partial inflorescences: presence : present [ 1775],
• *Petiole base: auricles : without auricles [ 1775],
• *Petiole spines: arrangement : regularly arranged, not grouped [ 1775],
• *Petiole: armature : unarmed [ 1775],
• *Petiole: blotchiness : evenly coloured [ 1775],
• *Petiole: indumentum : without indumentum [ 1775],
• *Petiole: presence : present [ 1775],
• *Prophyll: relation : not enclosing inflorescence at maturity [ 1775],
• *Rachilla bracts: net-like : not net-like [ 1775],
• *Rachillae: armature : unarmed [ 1775],
• *Rachillae: colour : red or reddish brown [ 1775],
• *Shoots : Clustering [ 1775],
• *Stem (with sheath): diammeter : > 40mm [ 1775],
• *Stem: branching : branching in canopy [ 1775],
• *Terminal leaflets: fusion : more or less free [ 1775],
• *Vegetation : Hill Rainforest [ 1775], [ 3194], Lowland rainforest [ 1775], [ 3194],

Geographic Distribution:

• Asia-Malesia
[ 1775],
• Brunei
[ 1775],
• Kalimantan
[ 1775],
• Sabah
[ 1775],
• Sarawak
[ 1775],

Vernacular Name:

• Lempinit Lanan (Murut) [ 280],

Uses:

• Cane [ 1775],