Rattan PRODUCT NAME
Calamus godefroyi Becc. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Rattan |
| Local Name: | Cambodia: Phdao Toeuk |
| Family: | Arecaceae (alt. Palmae) subfamily: Calamoideae tribe: Calameae subtribe: Calaminae. |
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| Product Description: | Habit: clustering; climbing rattan; up to 5m long. Leaf sheath: 1.5-4cm diameter; moderately green. Sheath spine: sparsely and individually scattered or rarely connate at base; up to 2cm long; base enlarged; crescent; light orange-green; above base upward black. Knee: conspicuous; knot-shaped; orange-green; spines absent. Ocrea: up to 0.6cm long, brown; indumentum absent. Climbing organ: flagellum 150-250cm long. Leaf: 50-80cm long; petiole sessile to 4cm long; shallow fissure; rachis 50-80cm long; apex connate to rachis 0.5-0.8cm long; then divided. Leaflet regular; 26-35 on each side. Leaflet of middle rachis 22-30 x 1.5-2cm; linear-elliptic; base cuneate margin bristly; apex acuminate; mid vein on upper surface prominent; bristle on both surfaces. Cane: 1-1.3cm diameter; internodes 10-15cm long; not durable and flexible. Inflorescence: 1-1.5m long plus flagellum; partial inflorescences small; starting deep inside primary bract; primary bract tubular. Fruit: 1.2 x 1.6cm; subpherical; perianth tubular at base, with lobes. Seed not ruminate |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Cambodia |
| Description: | Seasonally flooded forest a long the Mekong and Tonie Sap Lake. Habit in flooded forest or marshy areas. Below 100m altitude |
USES AND PARTS USED
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| Uses: | It is used mainly by local communities for basketry and matting for local use |
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| Market Information: | 150-250 riel for 4-5 meter long cane. This species is at present extensively collected for basket waving at Krabel Real commune, Siem Reap province |
| Partners: | other |
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