High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Calamus caryotoides (also Palmijuncus caryotoides), more commonly known as Fishtail Lawyer Cane is a North-East Queensland tropical forest climbing palm with very thin (12 mm) flexible trunks; no crownshaft; small spikes; dark green, glossy, fish-tail shaped leaves reaching up to 15 m high (5m spread); and very thin hooked flagella