Calamus ingens
Genus of palms
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Calamus ingens is a species of plant with a rosette growth form in the palm family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Mulu National Park, in Sarawak, Borneo. A liana, it has as subterranean stem that is up to 0.5 m (20 in) long and 120 mm (4.7 in) thick. From this spring up pinnate fronds up to 6 m (20 ft) long armed with spines up to 110 mm (4.3 in) in length.[1][2]
| Calamus ingens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Calamoideae |
| Tribe: | Calameae |
| Genus: | Calamus |
| Species: | C. ingens |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamus ingens (J.Dransf.) W.J.Baker | |
