Calamus zonatus

Botanical Description

Calamus zonatus is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing unbranched slender stems around 7 - 8mm in diameter[ 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 commonly harvested from the wild for local use of its stem, which is used as a tying material.