Lawyer cane

(Calamus australis)

Description

Calamus australis, commonly known as lawyer cane, wait-a-while, or hairy mary, is a climbing palm endemic to Queensland. It has numerous hooks along its leaf sheath, along its leaves, and a long whiplike flagellum stretching out to 3 m long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order:Arecales

Family:Arecaceae

Genus:Calamus

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