Calamus pilosellus
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Calamus pilosellus

Calamus pilosellus

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Calamus pilosellus is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a cluster of slender, unbranched stems around 6mm in diameter and up to 10 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. , 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 harvested from the wild for local use of its stems.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia (Kalimantan)
HabitatNot known