A detailed study of the seeds of Rattan species of Western Ghats revealed that most of the seed characteristics are species specific. The most useful characters are the shape, size, colour and surface features. A field identification key based on these characters was prepared for 16 species of Calamus, the only Rattan genus in the Western Ghats.
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Manuscript Published on 01 December 2003
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