Calamus ornatus

Botanical Description

Rotan kesup is a massive, evergreen climbing rattan palm, producing a cluster of unbranched, spiny stems growing up to 50 metres long, to 40mm in diameter and with internodes 30cm 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. , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. , 1018 Title A Field Guide to Philippine Rattans Publication Asia Life Sciences Supplement 5 Author Aida C. Baja-Lapis Publisher Rushing Water Publishers Ltd; Philippines Year 2010 ISBN 0117-3375 Description A very useful book with concise information on the various rattan species that grow in the Philippines ]. The stems have long been harvested from the wild by local people for their use in basketry, furniture making etc, and they are sometimes exported[ 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 planted widely and commercially in the Philippines for its stems and also as a reforestation species[ 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. ]. It is also harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine, the fruits are sold in local markets[ 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. ].