Calamus mattanensis

Botanical Description

Calamus mattanensis is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm, producing one to several unbranched stems. Of moderate vigour, the stems are rarely more than 10mm in diameter[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use in making baskets.