Rattan PRODUCT NAME
Korthalsia laciniosa Mart. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Rattan |
| Local Name: | Cambodia: Preach Phdao (Phdao Krahorm) |
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| Product Description: | Habit: clustering; climbing rattan; branching; up to ca. 80m long. Leaf sheath: 1.5-6c m diameter; pale green in middle section. Sheath spines: 0.7-1.2cm long; sparsely scattered on sheath; swollen at base; needle-shaped; hard; base dark brown; tip black. Knee: absent. Ocrea: 10-30cm long, fibrous; net-like; grey, spine sparsely present. Climbing organ: cirrus 35-130cm long. Leaf : 70-250cm; petiole 7-65cm long; rachis 60-210cm long: with shallow channel; back surface sparsely spiny; covering cuticle; apex endes with cirrus. Leaflets regular; 7-10 on each side. Leaflet on middle rachis: petiole 1-3c m long; blade 16-40 x 9-22cm; base cuneate; margin entire; erose in half upper; apex acute-acuminate; veins 5-16, prominent; blade surface plicate; indumentum absent; light to dark green on above surface; grey on lower surface. Cane: 1.4-2.5cm diameter; red; durable and poorly flexible. Usually categorized as a large diameter cane. Inflorescence: bisexual; up to 75cm long; erect. Fruit: 2 x 2cm; globose; scale brown when ripe; with wide pale margins. Seed ruminate |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Cambodia |
| Description: | It ca be seen across the country. Habit in semi-evergreen forest to evergreen forest with high rainfall. Altitude: from sea level to 500m |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | It is used for the frames of furniture |
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| Market Information: | It is extensively collected for trade and exportation. A 4-5m cane is 450-100riel, and rarely up to 1800 riel |
| Partners: | WWF Greater Mekong – Cambodia Country Programme |
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