Calamus spinifolius (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus spinifolius Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Philippines: kurakling (Pampanga, Tagalog).

Distribution

The Philippines (Pampanga, Batan).

Uses

The cane is used for basketmaking and tying.

Observations

Stem without leafsheaths to 8 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 12 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate; leafsheaths armed with scattered slender, subulate spines; leaflets grouped, very spiny. Fruit spherical, to 11 mm in diameter, with short beak. Endemic to the Philippines in forest at low altitude.

Selected sources

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