Calamus dimorphacanthus (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus dimorphacanthus Becc. var. dimorphacanthus

Family: Palmae

Distribution

The Philippines (Benguet, La Union, Laguna, Panay).

Uses

The canes are used for baskets, bags, for tying, etc. for home industries.

Observations

Slender rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 10 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 15 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate; leafsheaths densely armed with needlelike spines; leaflets narrowly linear and with ciliate margins. Fruit ovoid. Endemic to the Philippines in forest up to 1700 m altitude.

Selected sources

2, 3, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 39.