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Calamus viminalis

Botanic Family

Arecaceae

Author

Willdenow

Cultivated

C, cane

Common Names

• Tui-qualo (Fiji)
• Meng peng sheng teng (Pinyin)
• Kyein-kha (Myanmar)
• Phdau ang keout (Kmer)
• Phdau krek (Kmer)
• Phdau krech (Kmer)
• Padao krec (Kmer)
• Phdam krech (Cambodia)
• Sin lat (Moï)
• Mây cat (Annam)
• May (Annam)
• Vay (Laos)
• Beth Pata (Bangladesh)
• Khorkoijja bet
• Karak bet
• Karath (Chakma)
• Riama (Murang)
• Hraika bathai/Hrbichuk (Tripura)
• Cane blong chang (Khamu)
• katengparua (Hmong)
• wai ngamkhao
• wai namhang
• wai sambai
• waimon
• wai som (Thailand)
• Rotan Pahit (Kedah)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• S. & W. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku - Indonesia
• Laos
• Kedah
• Penang
• Perlis - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• woodland
• forest montane areas
• scrubland
• forest edge
• evergreen

Flowering Times

• Rainy season (India)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (China)

Spiny climbing clustering rattan palm to 15m. Leaf sheaths armed with spines to 20mm long, leaves to 2m long with spiny margins & with scattered spines to 20mm long, 14mm spines in middle, with leaflets 300mm x 28mm. Male inflorescences spadix to 2.5m with armed spathes, male flower 2mm with 3-lobed calyx. Female spadix to 3m, female flower 3mm long inclined at 40º, 3-lobed calyx. Fruit 10mm diameter with straw-coloured scales & sjort beak. l

Broom handles, weaving, handicrafts, furniture & tools, shoots & fruits edible, leaves as vegetables

Further References

• Fiji
• FOC
• FI
• Thai F
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• GBS
• Kew
• Tanziman Ara