Calamus ciliaris

Andersen Garden, Hawaii, photo by Paul Craft, edric.

Calamus (KAL-ah-mus) ciliaris (sil-ee-AHR-iss)

Scientific Classification

Genus:	Calamus (KAL-ah-mus)
Species:	ciliaris (sil-ee-AHR-iss)

Synonyms

None set.

Native Continent

Oceania

Morphology

Habit:	Clustering
Leaf type:	Pinnate

Culture

Survivability index

Common names

None.

Habitat and Distribution

Endemic to Java, Sumatera,

Description

One of the smaller Calamus., clustering, non-climbing, pinnate.

Culture

Calamus ciliaris, prefers a half schady site and can withstand temperatures only above 1,2º C. It grows best in sandy or pebbly, loamy soil, sandy clay soil that is moist.

Comments and Curiosities

Calamus uses - Its slender and cylindrical stem, properly worked, is the source of the well known rattan, a valuable and expensive material, much appreciated for the making of furniture, walking-sticks, umbrellas and wickerwork. However, similar products are often made out of stems of many other plants, mostly Gramineae (particularly Bamboos), Juncaceae (rushes) or, finally, out of tender and slender branches of willows (wicker).