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Calamus ramulosus (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction
List of species


Calamus ramulosus Becc.


Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

  • Philippines: panlis (Tagalog).

Distribution

The Philippines (Luzon).

Uses

The cane is used for making furniture.

Observations

Slender rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 10 mm in diameter, with sheaths up to 20 mm in diameter. Leaves to 1 m long, cirrate and without petiole; leafsheaths densely armed with short spines; leaflets linear, grouped in twos or threes, thin. Fruit very small, spherical, with distinct short beak. Endemic to the Philippines.

Selected sources

2, 3, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 37, 38, 39, 45, 48.