| Calamus australis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Calamoideae |
| Tribe: | Calameae |
| Genus: | Calamus |
| Species: | C. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamus australis Mart. |
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Calamus australis, commonly known as lawyer cane, wait-a-while, or hairy mary, is a climbing palm with numerous hooks along its leaf sheath, along its leaves, and along "whip-like" flagella stretching out to 3 m long[1].