Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calamus tenuis Roxb. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bareilly cane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bent	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
benth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vetasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vetra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, tip		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calamus amarus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 210 (1790), tentatively listed as a synonym.
Calamus delessertianus Becc. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 11(1): 276 (1908).
Calamus heliotropium Buch.-Ham. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 211 (1838).
Calamus royleanus Griff. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 40 (1845).
Calamus stolonifer Teijsm. & Binn. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 75 (1866), not validly publ.
Palmijuncus amarus (Lour.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733 (1891).
Palmijuncus heliotropium (Buch.-Ham. ex Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733 (1891).
Palmijuncus royleanus (Griff.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 732 (1891).
Palmijuncus tenuis (Roxb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 734 (1891).
Rotang royleanus (Griff.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 13: 299 (1895).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calamus tenuis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Calamus tenuis Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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