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Internal ID UUID64402478ca323620458099
Scientific name Calamus erectus
Authority Roxb.
First published in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 774 (1832)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Palmijuncus collinus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733 (1891)
Palmijuncus erectus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733 (1891)
Palmijuncus macrocarpus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733 (1891)
Palmijuncus schizospathus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733 (1891)
Calamus collinus Griff. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 31 (1845)
Calamus erectus var. birmanicus Becc. Rec. Bot. Surv. India 2: 197. 1902
Calamus erectus var. collinus (Griff.) Becc. Fl. Brit. India 6: 439. 1892
Calamus erectus var. macrocarpus (Griff. ex Walp.) Becc. Fl. Brit. India 6: 439. 1892
Calamus erectus var. schizospathus (Griff.) Becc. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 11(1): 125 (1908)
Calamus schizospathus Griff. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 32 (1845)
Calamus macrocarpus Griff. ex Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 484 (1852)

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Language Common/alternative name
English viagra palm
Arabic قلاموس منتصب
Chinese 直立省藤

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  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • Nepal
    • Indo-China
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000755551
Tropicos 2401395
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665073-1
The Plant List kew-29492
Open Tree Of Life 241437
NCBI Taxonomy 1233740
IPNI 665073-1
iNaturalist 364900
GBIF 5294170
EOL 1084218
USDA GRIN 462862
Wikipedia Calamus_erectus

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The presence of wild edible plants and determinants influencing their harvest, consumption, and conservation in south eastern Bhutan Bajgai RC, Bajgai Y, Johnson SB PLoS One 10-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10564141
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0285936
PMID:37816046
Biodiversity in agricultural and food systems of jhum landscape in the West Garo Hills, North-eastern India Pandey DK, Momin KC, Dubey SK, Adhiguru P Food Secur 16-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8761519
doi:10.1007/s12571-021-01251-y
PMID:35069938
Mainstreaming Local Food Species for Nutritional and Livelihood Security: Insights From Traditional Food Systems of Adi Community of Arunachal Pradesh, India Singh RK, Bhardwaj R, Singh A, Payum T, Rai AK, Singh A, Wangchu L, Upadhyay S Front Nutr 16-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8415219
doi:10.3389/fnut.2021.590978
PMID:34485354
Transferability, development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and application to the analysis of genetic diversity and population structure of the African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.) in Benin Kpatènon MJ, Salako KV, Santoni S, Zekraoui L, Latreille M, Tollon-Cordet C, Mariac C, Jaligot E, Beulé T, Adéoti K BMC Genet 03-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7713368
doi:10.1186/s12863-020-00955-y
PMID:33272218
Antidiabetic Potential of Medicinal Plants and Their Active Components Salehi B, Ata A, V. Anil Kumar N, Sharopov F, Ramírez-Alarcón K, Ruiz-Ortega A, Abdulmajid Ayatollahi S, Valere Tsouh Fokou P, Kobarfard F, Amiruddin Zakaria Z, Iriti M, Taheri Y, Martorell M, Sureda A, N. Setzer W, Durazzo A, Lucarini M, Santini A, Capasso R, Adrian Ostrander E, -ur-Rahman A, Iqbal Choudhary M, C. Cho W, Sharifi-Rad J Biomolecules 30-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6843349
doi:10.3390/biom9100551
PMID:31575072
Phytosociology of stratification in a lowland tropical rainforest occurring north of the Tropic of Cancer in Meghalaya, India Shankar U Plant Divers 12-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6951278
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2019.08.001
PMID:31934673
Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe in the state of Nagaland, North‐East India Longvah T, Khutsoh B, Meshram II, Krishna S, Kodali V, Roy P, Kuhnlein HV Matern Child Nutr 22-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC6866219
doi:10.1111/mcn.12558
PMID:29359431
Rainforests north of the Tropic of Cancer: Physiognomy, floristics and diversity in ‘lowland rainforests’ of Meghalaya, India Shankar U, Tripathi AK Plant Divers 21-Oct-2016
PMCID:PMC6112274
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2016.10.003
PMID:30159488
Traditional use and management of NTFPs in Kangchenjunga Landscape: implications for conservation and livelihoods Uprety Y, Poudel RC, Gurung J, Chettri N, Chaudhary RP J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-May-2016
PMCID:PMC4855762
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0089-8
PMID:27142597

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