Rattan PRODUCT NAME
Plectocomia Mart. ex Bl. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Rattan |
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| Product Description: | Habit: moderate to robust; clustering high-climbing diocious hapaxanthic rattans. Sheath spines: short or long rows; spines short to long. Knee: absent. Ocrea: tiny; inconspicuous. Climbing organ: cirrus. Leaf: petiole absent or present; irregularly grouped leaflets; terminating with cirrus. Leaflets with cuticle on back surface; entire margin. Inflorescence: male and female inflorescence superficially similar; produced simultaneously from the topmost nodes; bracts subtending and almost subtending branches bearing flowers. Male flowers with short calyx; terminating in 3-teth; 3 petals; almost free to the base; 6 stamens; attached to petal; pistil minute. Female flower with calyx; terminating in 3 lobes; 3 petals; free almost to the base; pistil with hair-like scaly ovary and 3 stigmas. Fruits: with spirally arranged scales; 3 stigmas; mesocarp quite thick. |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
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| Partners: | WWF Greater Mekong – Cambodia Country Programme |
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