Korthalsia ferox
Korthalsia ferox
Safety & Hazards
Many species in this genus have ants living on them in structures evolved by the plant known as ocreas. In some species the ants can be very aggressive[ 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. , 1017 Title Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Vol. 12 Part 2 Publication Author Beccari O. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bengal Secretariat Book Depot; Calcutta Year 1916 ISBN Description A botanical journal, this volume has an extensice treatment of the Asiatic Palms in the subfamily Lepidocaryeae. Although dated, it remains a classic work. ].
Botanical Description
Korthalsia ferox is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a cluster of long slender stems around 10 - 20mm in diameter that can climb high into the surrounding trees. Unbranched in its lower parts, the stem often produces a number of branches in the canopy where it can form considerable entanglements. The stem is very slender towards the base, but new growth gradually thickens, reaching its greatest diameter at the upper end at the time of flowering[ 1017 Title Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Vol. 12 Part 2 Publication Author Beccari O. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bengal Secretariat Book Depot; Calcutta Year 1916 ISBN Description A botanical journal, this volume has an extensice treatment of the Asiatic Palms in the subfamily Lepidocaryeae. Although dated, it remains a classic work. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of material for basket making and weaving, possibly also as a food.