Calamus microcarpus (PROSEA)
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Calamus microcarpus Becc.
- Family: Palmae
Vernacular names
- Philippines: kalapit (Bikol), lambutan, tandulangglubat (Tagalog).
Distribution
The Philippines (Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon, Davao, Agusan, Lanao).
Uses
Canes used in making baskets.
Observations
Slender rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 15 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 25 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate; leafsheaths armed with comblike spines. Fruit globose, to 7 mm in diameter, with short beak. Endemic to the Philippines in primary forest at low and medium altitudes up to 1200 m.
Selected sources
2, 3, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 38, 39, 45.