Calamus paspalanthus

Botanical Description

Calamus paspalanthus is an evergreen, climbing or scrambling palm usually producing a solitary, unbranched stem that often creeps along the ground and produces adventitious roots at each node. The stems can be 20 metres or more long and are around 15mm 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. , 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and tooth strengthener. The stem of this species is useless for basketry etc because adventitious roots develop at almost every node near the ground, but the seedling is decorative and hence would make an excellent ornamental[ 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. ].