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Calamus caesius

Authority Blume Family Liliopsida:Arecidae:Arecales:Palmae Synonyms Common names Editor Ecocrop code 4023

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION Clustering, moderate-sized, high-climbing, evergreen rattan with canes reaching a length of 100 m. The clump is often rather close and dense. USES The canes are used for fine weaving, cordage, house construction and furniture. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. Growing 6 years before the first harvest, and 15 years before it is in full production. COMMON NAMES Rotan sega, Rotan sego, Rotan taman, Sika, Wai ta kha thong, Rattan irit. FURTHER INF Rotan sega is widespread in the wetter parts of South-East Asia. It is usually found in the lowland on alluvial flats, riverbanks, freshwater swamp forests or at the margins of peat swamp forests but also at drier sites at elevations up to 800 m. Yields of about 135 kg good canes per clump per cutting or about 1.5-3 t/ha can be obtained. Young seedligs may not be able to withstand severe flooding.
Sources
SOURCES (C. caesius Blume) Williams C 1979a pp 181 [DRA, USE] Roecklein J 1987 pp 449 [USE, TEXT, DRA] Duke J 1975 pp 10 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Rehm S 1991 pp 360 [USE] Basu S 1984 pp 77-89 [LIG, DRA, TEXT] Westphal E 1989 pp 67-69 [USE, DRA, TEMP] Purseglove J 1972 pp 421-422 [USE] Dransfield J 1993 pp 43-46 [USE, TEXT, DRA]