Calamus ovoideus

Botanical Description

Calamus ovoideus is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm, producing a cluster of robust, high climbing, unbranched stems that can ultimately grow to a length of 50 - 70 metres or more. The large leaves can be 4 metres 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 large diameter stems are of high quality and are commonly gathered from the wild for local use, products made from them being sold in local markets[ 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. , 1968 Title Palms of Southern Asia Publication Author Henderson A. Publisher Princeton University Press, New York Year 2009 ISBN 978-0-691-13449-9 Description An excellent concise guide ]. The plant is not very common in the wild and is often harvested illegally from forest reserves[ 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. ]. It has been cultivated experimentally in Sri Lanka[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Calamus ovoideus is a rattan species with many desirable characteristics. It is of large diameter, with a heavy durable cane, a clustering habit and individual stems that can produce large quantities of seed annually. Because of its excellent quality and clustering habit, there is great potential for developing the species for plantation establishment in the Asian region.