Arecaceae FAMILY

Calamus viminalis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Calamus viminalis is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a cluster of unbranched stems and often forming thickets. One report says that the stems are up to 5 metres tall and around 8mm in diameter[ 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. ], whilst others say that they are up to 35 metres tall and 15 - 20mm in diameter[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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 harvested from the wild for its high quality stems, which are used in making baskets, mats etc. The stems are widely used in the plant's native range, where the is also sometimes harvested for food. It is sometimes planted near villages in order to provide a source of stems and shoots for food[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia

HabitatOpen areas and submaritime savannah at low elevations, usually near the coast[ 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. ]. Lowland rain forests or deciduous forests, persisting in cleared areas and often present near villages, sometimes planted[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].