Arecaceae FAMILY

Calamus warburgii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Calamus warburgii is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a solitary, unbranched stem around 15 metres tall and 38mm 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. , 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its stems, which are used in basketry.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea, northeast Australia.

HabitatLowland areas near streams[ 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. ]. Well developed lowland rain forest and gallery forest at elevations up to 100 metres in Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].