Calamus palustris

Botanical Description

Calamus palustris is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a cluster of vigorous, unbranched stems. The stems can be 30 metres or more long, 15 - 30mm in diameter, with internodes 10 - 25cm long[ 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. , 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. ]. An excellent quality cane that is much used for making furniture, cables etc. It is commonly harvested from the wild both for local use and for trade. Considered second only in quality to Calamus manan, it is cultivated on a small scale in the Malayan Peninsula and has the potential to be cultivated on a commercial scale, both because of its quality and also because of its clustering habit, which allows for multiple harvests. It is a species that should be thoroughly researched[ 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. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].