Arecaceae FAMILY
Daemonorops oblonga
Daemonorops oblonga
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Climber
Growth—
Most species in this genus are more or less vigorous climbing plants in rainforests. In general, they are likely to grow best with their roots in the shade but with enough gap in the canopy to encourage their stems to grow up towards the light. They are also likely to grow best in a humus-rich soil[PFAF]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Daemonorops+oblonga>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (6 volumes) — Bailey L.H. · The MacMillan Company, Toronto. · 1919 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎Rather dated, but it still contains a wealth of useful information. It can be downloaded from the internet.
- [2]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
- [3]Diversity, Conservation and Local Knowledge of Rattans and Sugar Palm in Gunung Haliman National Park. — Harada K. Et al · The International Palm Society. · 2005 · http://www.palms.org/ ↩︎An article from the 2005 issue of the magazine 'Palms'. It is available online as a PDF.
- [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
- [5]Annals of the Royal Botanical Garden, Calcutta Vol. XI and Appendix — Dr Odoardo Beccari · Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta · 1908 ↩︎This volume of the journal is dedicated entirely to a monograph of the genus Calamus, which remains an important treatment over 100 years later.
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎