Calamus nagbettai

Botanical Description

Calamus nagbettai is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a cluster of vigorous, unbranched stems that can be 25 metres or more long and up to 35mm in diameter. The stems are harvested from the wild for use in making baskets, cane furniture etc. The plant has been cultivated in an experimental basis[ 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. ].