Calamus tenuis

Botanical Description

Calamus tenuis is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing long, rather slender, unbranched stems around 5 - 15mm in diameter[ 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 commonly harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. The stem is of high quality for handicrafts and is often traded, both locally and internationally. The cultivation of this species for the production of edible shoots is becoming increasingly widespread in Laos and also occurs in northeast Thailand[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. This species occurs throughout much of Asia and southeast Asia south into Indonesia. Although it often occurs in areas under heavy human population pressure, its ability to survive in degraded forest suggests that it is unlikely to be threatened with extinction in the near future.The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].