Calamus heteroideus

Botanical Description

Calamus heteroideus is a spiny, evergreen palm forming a cluster of slender, unbranched stems up to 3 metres tall and 6mm in diameter. The plant can form extensive thickets in the forest undergrowth[ 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. ]. The plant is commonly harvested from the wild for local use as a source of cordage. It is considered to be one of the best native species in Java as a source of stems, though is not valued as highly as imported species[ 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. ].