Calamus thwaitesii

Botanical Description

Calamus thwaitesii is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a cluster of unbranched stems that grow 10 metres or more long and can be up to 60mm in diameter, including the leaf sheaths[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its stems, which are used in furniture making etc. The plant has been cultivated on an experimental basis in India and Sri Lanka[ 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. ].