Daemonorops micracantha

Botanical Description

Daemonorops micracantha is a vigorous, climbing, evergreen palm that can produce a cluster of unbranched stems up to 40 metres 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. ]. These stems can grow to the very tops of the trees in the rainforest[ 548 Title Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta. Vol. 12, Pt. 1 Publication Author Beccari O. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bengal Secretariat Press; Calcutta. Year 1911 ISBN Description A monograph of the genus Daemonorops. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant has a range of uses, being harvested from the wild for mainly local use as a source of material for basketry and a resin with medicinal applications[ 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. ]. This is one of several species supplying the resin, which is sold in local markets and sometimes also traded internationally[ 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. , 984 Title Speciality Rattans of the ASEAN Publication Blumea 54, pp 39 - 43 Author A. C. Baja-Lapis Website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Publisher National Herbarium, Nederland. Year 2009 ISBN Description A description of the uses and agricultural practices for 11 selected species of rattan. ].