Calamus bousigonii

Botanical Description

Calamus bousigonii is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm that sometimes produces a single stem and sometimes a cluster of a few stems. The unbranched stems can be 15 metres long, up to 2cm in diameter, with internodes 8 - 23cm long[ 1019 Title A Field Guide of the Rattans of Cambodia Publication Author Khou Eang Hourt Publisher World Wildlife Fund Year 2008 ISBN Description A draft publication giving an excellent concise guide to the various rattan species growing in Cambodia. ]. A durable cane, it is often harvested from the wild for local use and is also traded locally[ 1019 Title A Field Guide of the Rattans of Cambodia Publication Author Khou Eang Hourt Publisher World Wildlife Fund Year 2008 ISBN Description A draft publication giving an excellent concise guide to the various rattan species growing in Cambodia. ].