Arecaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Calamus oxleyanus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Calamus oxleyanus is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm, usually producing a single, slender, unbranched stem up to 5 metres long that is rather weakly climbing[ 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. , 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. , 987 Title The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore Vol. 47 Part 2 Publication Author Turner I.M. Publisher Singapore Botanic Gardens; Singapore Year 1995 ISBN 0374-7859 Description A botanical journal, this edition contains a catalogue of the vascular plants of Malaya. ]. The stems are harvested from the wild for local use. This species appears to have a wide range with separate subpopulations. At present it does not meet the criteria for a threatened category, however, across its range the lowland forest habitat in which it occurs is being cleared rapidly. The extent to which the species may be in decline from this threat is difficult to determine. The plant is currently classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatSlopes and ridges in lowland and hill dipterocarp forests[ 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 forest. It has also been reported from kerangas, heath, and dipterocarp forest often on ridges or steep slopes and on ultra-basic soils[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].