Calamus peregrinus

Botanical Description

Calamus peregrinus is a solitary-stemmed, evergreen climbing palm, or rattan. It produces a stout, unbranched stem up to 20 metres long that can be 20 - 35mm 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its robust cane, which is of good quality and is commonly used in the furniture industry in Thailand[ 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. ].