Calamus rheedei

Botanical Description

Calamus rheedei is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing slender, unbranched stems[ 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 medicinal use.