Rattan PRODUCT NAME
Calamus bousigonii Becc. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Rattan |
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| Family: | Arecaceae (alt. Palmae) subfamily: Calamoideae tribe: Calameae subtribe: Calaminae. |
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| Product Description: | Habit: solitary or clustering with few stems; climbing rattan; to 15m long. Leaf sheath: 0.7-1.5cm diameter; dark green. Sheath spine: moderately dense spines; 0.5-2cm long; bases swollen; green spines needle-like; brown; tip black. Knee: conspicuous; kneel-shaped; spines absent or sometimes few; yellowish green. Ocrea: 0.1-0.3cm long; extended on the petiole; spine or bristle absent; dark grey. Climbing organ: flagellum 60-170cm long. Leaf: petiole 6-8cm long; rachis 37-66cm long; petiole with no channel; sparse bristles and spines; leaflets 6-8 on each side, regularly arranged; leaflets of middle rachis 10-20 x 4-8cm; rhomboid; base cuneate-oblique; margin densely bristly; apex long acuminate; veins 6-8; prominent; no bristles on either leaflet surface. Cane: 0.8-1.1cm diameter, internodes 8-23cm long, durable, and flexible. Fruit: 1.8cm, sub-spherical. Seed 9.5 x 7mm, elliptic, ruminates |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Cambodia: Phdao Arech |
| Description: | Found in two areas; the lowlands of Bokor National Park, south-western Cambodia, and Keo Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, eastern Cambodia. Habitat on semi-evergreen to evergreen forest. 100-1000m altitude. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | Its cane is durability, thus generally used as rope and weaving materials for households use |
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| Market Information: | Certain households living close to Bokor National Park reported that they collect its canes for sale to fish men at Tonie Sap Lake for the use as ropes to wave fish fen |
| Partners: | WWF Greater Mekong – Cambodia Country Programme |
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