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Calamus brandisii is a slender, climbing rattan palm native to the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats in southwest India, at about 1000 to 1500 m. It is a wild forest climber rather than a garden plant, and it is rarely grown in cultivation.
Calamus brandisii is a slender, clump-forming rattan species, with un-sheathed stems measuring up to about 0.8 cm in diameter.
This species occurs in the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, within the Kerala and Tamil Nadu regions, at elevations of about 1000–1500 m above sea level..
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
