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A few species also have tree-like or shrub-like habits. [2] Around 20% of rattan palm species are economically important and are traditionally used in Southeast Asia in producing wickerwork furniture, baskets, canes, woven mats, cordage, and other handicrafts. Rattan canes are one of the world's most valuable non-timber forest products.
Calamus rotang, also known as common rattan, is a plant species native to India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar . It is one of the scandent (climbing) rattan palms used to make Malacca cane furniture, baskets, walking-sticks, umbrellas, tables and general wickerwork, and is found in Southwest Asia. The basal section of the plant grows vertically for 10 ...
Calamus viminalis, one of many Calamus species commonly referred to as rattan, is a plant of the Arecaceae, or palm, family native to: Java and Bali in Indonesia; Peninsular Malaysia; all parts of Thailand; Cambodia; Cochinchina and Central Annam in Vietnam; all parts of Laos; Myanmar; Bangladesh; Andaman and Nicobar Islands; North-east, North-central, and South India; and probably north-west ...
Calamus is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae that is one of several genera known as rattan palms. There are an estimated 400 species in this genus, all native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. [2] [3] [4]
Calamus draco, a rattan: Scientific classification; Kingdom: Plantae: Clade: Tracheophytes: Clade: ... Calameae [1] is a palm tree tribe in the subfamily Calamoideae.
Calamus latifolius is a climbing plant, part of a subfamily, Calamoideae, whose members are usually called rattans in English, they are part of the Arecaceae, or palm, family.
Calamus manan, the manau rattan or rotan manau, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A vine, its single stem is widely harvested from the wild for cane furniture-making, leading to an unsustainable population decline. [ 3 ]
Native to south Vietnam and Cambodia, [4] Calamus salicifolius, is commonly referred to as a rattan, it is one of many Calamus species of the Arecaceae, or palm, family.It is described as a little bushy plant, often climbing, even on itself, with a 2 to 4m long stalk.