Daemonorops clemensiana (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Daemonorops clemensiana Becc.
- Family: Palmae
Distribution
The Philippines (Lanao, Mindanao).
Uses
The cane is used for basketmaking and tying.
Observations
Slender rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 10 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 20 mm in diameter. Leaves to 1.3 m long, cirrate; leafsheaths densely armed with scattered black, stiff, flat spines; leaflets equidistant, numerous. Fruit spherical, to 2.5 mm in diameter, oneseeded. Endemic to the Philippines.
Selected sources
2, 3, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 38, 39, 45.