Rattan PRODUCT NAME
Calamus guruba Buch - Ham. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Rattan |
| Local Name: | Cambodia: Phdao Achmoan (Phdao Tresh, Tresh Anchmoan) |
| Family: | Arecaceae (alt. Palmae) subfamily: Calamoideae tribe: Calameae subtribe: Calaminae. |
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| Product Description: | Habit: clustering; climbing rattan; 8-10m long. Leaf sheath: 1-3cm diameter; dark green. Sheath spines: dense and a mixture of short and long spines; upward pointing; up to ca. 3.5cm long and up to 7cm long at sheath mouth; flat form base to tip; light brownish green at base tip dark brown or black. Knee: conspicuous; knot-shaped; dense spines; light yellow-green. Ocrea: about 10cm; papery; no bristles; twisted; falls of with age. Climbing organ: flagellum 3-4m long. Leaf: 60-160cm long; petiole 10-25cm long; petiole with channel; covered by dense and disorder short spines; long spines in a row on the back and margin; leaf apex widely divide from the base. Leaflet regular; more or less opposite; 1.3-3cm distance. Largest leaflets 3045 x 1-2.5cm; linear; base cuneate; margin with bristles; apex narrowly acuminate; mid vein prominent; 4-sde veins distinct; both leaflet surfaces bristly. Cane; 0.5-2cm diameter; internode 5-20cm long; core soft; not flexible. Inflorescence: 30-250cm long plus flagellum; 3-5 partial inflorescences; male inflorescence 3 branched; zigzag; female inflorescence 2 branched; primary bracts tubular at base; then spread in sheet at mouth. Bract up to about 40cm long; brown; middle vein and margin bristly. Fruit: 0.6-0.8cm, globose, scale of mature fruit dark green, yellow when dry, with brown margin, calyx 6, beak 0.1-0.2cm long. Seed not ruminate |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Cambodia |
| Description: | The home range of this species is from Bokor National Park, in the southwest through the Cardamom mountain ranges to the Samlot area in the western region and central part of the country. Open area to evergreen forests. This species inhabits a high rainfall region on high acidic soil. From sea level to about 300m (750m in Thailand). |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | Its cane is split into four pieces for weaving and tying material |
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| Partners: | WWF Greater Mekong – Cambodia Country Programme |
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