Calamus trispermus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus trispermus Becc.

Family: Palmae

Distribution

The Philippines (Rizal province).

Uses

The cane is used for making furniture.

Observations

Large rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 35 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 60 mm in diameter. Leaf cirrate, with broad lanceolate leaflets; leafsheaths covered with brownish scales. Fruit broadly obovoid, 1.3 mm in diameter, 3seeded. Endemic to the Philippines in forest at medium altitude.

Selected sources

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