Calamus ciliaris
Arecaceae FAMILY

Calamus ciliaris

Calamus ciliaris

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Calamus ciliaris is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm, sometimes with a solitary stem, sometimes forming a cluster of stems. It can grow 10 metres tall with the slender, unbranched stems 4 - 10mm in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 983 Title Annals of the Royal Botanical Garden, Calcutta Vol. XI and Appendix Publication Author Dr Odoardo Beccari Publisher Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta Year 1908 ISBN Description This volume of the journal is dedicated entirely to a monograph of the genus Calamus, which remains an important treatment over 100 years later. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its stems. The seedlings are sold as ornamentals[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia (Sumatra, Java)
HabitatLower montane forest, occasionally in lowland forest[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].