Calamus deerratus

Botanical Description

Slender palm is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm with slender, unbranched stems 5 - 15 metres or more long and 18 - 25mm in diameter[ 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 gathered from the wild for local use in making baskets, ropes and many other commodities.