Palmae

Calameae

Korthalsia hispida Becc.

• Taxon no. : 179
• Status : Accepted
• Genus : Korthalsia
• Genus Author : Blume
• Specie : hispida
• Specie Author: Becc.
• Rank : Species
• References:
[ 182], [ 1786], [ 1793], [ 1794], [ 3205],

Descriptors:

• *Bracts subtending rachilla: relation : shorter than rachilla [ 1793],
• *Endosperm: form : homogeneous [ 1793],
• *Epicarp scales (live material): colour : orange-brown [ 1793],
• *Flowering: expression : hermaphroditic
• *Fruit: exudate : without dragon's blood
• *Fruit: shape when mature : globose [ 1793], obovoid [ 1793],
• *Habit: form : Climber [ 1793],
• *Inflorescence: flowering behaviour : hapaxanthic [ 1793],
• *Inflorescence: position : suprafoliar [ 1793],
• *Inflorescence: relative length : shorter than leaves [ 1793],
• *Inflorescence: terminal form : not flagelliform [ 1793],
• *Inflorescences: rooting : not rooting at tips [ 1793],
• *Knee (leaf sheath): presence : without knee [ 1793],
• *Lamina (living): abaxial surface colour : chalky-white [ 1793],
• *Lamina scales: presence : absent [ 1793],
• *Lamina: indumentum : without indumentum [ 1793],
• *Lamina: spinules (minute spines) : without spinules [ 1793],
• *Leaf rachis: armature : armed [ 1793],
• *Leaf rachis: hairs : without hairs [ 1793],
• *Leaf rachis: indumentum : without indumentum [ 1793],
• *Leaf rachis: relative length : 2-3 times as long as petiole [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath indumentum: presence : absent [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath mouth: spines : spines scarcely different from the rest [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath scales: colour : chocolate-brown [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath scales: persistence : deciduous [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath scales: presence : present [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines (excluding mouth spines): size : up to 3cm long (max) [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: arrangement : not grouped [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: base : not conspicuously bulbous-based [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: colour of base : not yellow [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: curvature : not reflexed [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: margins : with smooth margins [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: orientation : horizontal [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: persistence : persistent [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: presence : sparse [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: shape in T.S. : flattened [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: shape : needle-like [ 1793], short, triangular (<1cm long) [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath spines: types : of mixed sizes [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath: colour : other [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath: flagellum : without flagellum [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath: hairs or spicules : with caducous rigid hairs or spicules [ 1793],
• *Leaf sheath: surface : without horizontal ridges [ 1793],
• *Leaf: cirrus : cirrate [ 1793],
• *Leaf: lamina colour : not mottled [ 1793],
• *Leaflet apex: shape : praemorse [ 1793],
• *Leaflet bristles: presence : absent [ 1793],
• *Leaflet margins: form : praemorse [ 1793],
• *Leaflet midribs: golen bristles : without golden bristles [ 4019],
• *Leaflet midribs: prominence : similar to other veins [ 4019],
• *Leaflet: plication : conspicuously plicate [ 4019],
• *Leaflets (individual): max width : more than 6cm wide [ 4019],
• *Leaflets (not grouped): arrangement : regular [ 4019],
• *Leaflets: arrangement : not grouped [ 4019],
• *Leaflets: colour : discolorous [ 4019],
• *Leaflets: divarication : not divaricate [ 4019],
• *Leaflets: insertion : stalked (with ansa) [ 4019],
• *Leaflets: number : 1 > x < 10 on each side of rachis [ 4019],
• *Leaflets: orientation : (more or less) in one plane [ 4019],
• *Leaflets: shape : rhomboid [ 4019],
• *Leaflets: venation : radiating [ 4019],
• *Lowest leaflets: orientation : not reflexed across stem [ 4019],
• *Ocrea: ant association : with ant association [ 4019],
• *Ocrea: armature : armed [ 4019],
• *Ocrea: character : remaining entire [ 4019],
• *Ocrea: position : diverging at an angle [ 4019],
• *Ocrea: presence : present [ 4019],
• *Ocrea: size : up to 1 m [ 4019],
• *Partial inflorescences: presence : present [ 4019],
• *Petiole base: auricles : without auricles [ 4019],
• *Petiole spines: arrangement : regularly arranged, not grouped [ 4019],
• *Petiole: armature : armed [ 4019],
• *Petiole: blotchiness : evenly coloured [ 4019],
• *Petiole: indumentum : without indumentum [ 4019],
• *Petiole: presence : present [ 4019],
• *Prophyll: relation : not enclosing inflorescence at maturity [ 4019],
• *Rachilla bracts: net-like : not net-like [ 4019],
• *Rachillae: armature : unarmed [ 4019],
• *Rachillae: colour : other [ 4019],
• *Seed: shape : ovoid [ 1793],
• *Shoots : Clustering [ 4019],
• *Stem (with sheath): diammeter : > 40mm [ 4019],
• *Stem: branching : branching in canopy [ 4019],
• *Substrate : Fresh-Water Swamp
• *Terminal leaflets: fusion : more or less free [ 4019],
• *Vegetation : Hill Rainforest [ 3205], [ 4019], Lowland rainforest [ 3205], [ 4019],

Geographic Distribution:

• Asia-Malesia
[ 1354], [ 1793], [ 2620],
• Brunei
[ 1354], [ 1793],
• Kalimantan
[ 1793],
• Peninsular Malaysia
[ 1793], [ 2620],
• Melaka
[ 2620],
• Pahang
[ 2620],
• Sabah
[ 1793],
• Sarawak
[ 1793],
• Sumatera
[ 1793],

Vernacular Name:

• Rotan Semut (Tem.) [ 1794], [ 285], Uwai Saar (Kenyah) [ 283], Wae Lesat (Lundaya) [ 284], Wi Asas (Ib.) [ 1793],