Laccosperma secundiflorum

Botanical Description

Large rattan is a climbing palm that clambers through the trees of the jungle and can produce long stems of 35 metres or more and up to 3 cm in diameter[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is much utilized by local people for food and a wide range of commodities, whilst the canes are also traded for making baskets etc.