Rattan PRODUCT NAME
Calamus rudentum Lour. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Rattan |
| Local Name: | Cambodia: Phdao Dambang |
| Family: | Arecaceae (alt. Palmae) subfamily: Calamoideae tribe: Calameae subtribe: Calaminae. |
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| Product Description: | Habit: clustering; climbing rattan; 30-45m long. Leaf sheath: 2.5-7cm diameter; light green, or yellowish. Sheath spine: long spine arranged in long horizontal rows with shorter spines in between each row; spines 5-7cm long, to 10cm long near sheath mouth; base light yellow-brown; middle part flat; straw colour; tip black; downward pointing on sheath; upward pointing at sheath mouth. Knee: Inconspicuous; light green; covered with dense spines. Ocrea: 5-10cm long; dense bristles; grey rotten early. Climbing organ; flagellum 4-8m long; moderately dense spines in rows at base of flagellum. Leaf: petiole 20-63cm long; rachis 160-380cm long; petiole: above surface channelled, spines absent; dorsal surface spiny; petiole margin with spines; upward pointing to 18cm long; apical pair of leaflets joined for about half their length. Leaflets regular; 35-60 of each side. Leaflets of middle rachis 40-65 x 1-5cm; base round; margin with bristles; apex apiculate; moderately dense bristles; mid vein prominent; bristles 2.5-3.5cm long. Cane: 1.8-3.5m diameter; internodes 12-20cm long and durable. Inflorescence: 350-750m long including flagellate extension; female 2-branched; male 3-branched; bract of primary branch tubular; moderately spiny; flattens in a tattered sheet at mouth. Fruit: 1.4-1.8 x 0.7-1.2cm; perianth divided at base; beak 0.2-0.3cm long; dry scale yellow-orange; margin pale tan. |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Cambodia |
| Description: | : It is widespread in the east, southeast and southwest (Phnom Samokos Wildlife Sanctuary) of the country. Habitat at semi-evergreen forest and riparian forests surrounded by deciduous dipterocarp forest. 50-300m altitude |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | Its cane is used for making frames and supports for kinds of furniture including bookshelves, beds, chairs etc. it is a large diameter , good quality rattan for furniture that is in high demand and therefore over-harvested |
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| Market Information: | a 4-5m cane is around 4000 riel in Phnom Penh, but its local price varies from 500 t0 3300 riel. It is the most expensive species of all rattans. Exports to Vietnam and Hong Kong have been reported but volumes are unknown. |
| Partners: | WWF Greater Mekong – Cambodia Country Programme |
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