Calamus melanorhynchus (PROSEA)
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Calamus melanorhynchus Becc.
- Family: Palmae
Vernacular names
- Philippines: dalimban (Bagobo).
Distribution
The Philippines (Davao).
Uses
Canes used in making baskets and other handicrafts.
Observations
Mediumsized rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 25 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 40 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate; leafsheaths densely armed with flat, rigid, triangular black spines; flagellum present. leaflets numerous, linear lanceolate. Fruit globularovoid. Endemic to the Philippines in primary forest at about 1200 m altitude.
Selected sources
2, 3, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 37, 38, 39, 45.
