Calamus erioacanthus

Botanical Description

Calamus erioacanthus is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a cluster of slender, unbranched stems 10 metres or more long and 7 - 10mm wide[ 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 stem, which is considered of good quality. It is commonly used locally and sometimes also traded. It occasionally occurrs in longhouse orchards, from where it is harvested[ 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. ].