Calamus symphysipus

Botanical Description

Calamus symphysipus is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a single, vigorous, unbranched stem that can grow up to 40 metres long and 10 - 19mm or more in diameter. The plant produces stilt roots around 10cm long[ 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. ]. The plant is valued for its stems, which are harvested from the wild and used for making furniture[ 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. ].