Species |
Utilization notes | |
Calamus acanthospathus Griff. |
Canes for bridge cables, basketry | |
C. andamanicus Kurz |
Excellent large-diameter canes harvested for furniture industry; leaves for thatching | |
C. aruensis Becc. |
Excellent quality medium- to large-diameter canes for furniture | |
C. arugda Becc. |
Entire canes for handicrafts, furniture, basketry, etc., local and export markets | |
C. axillaris Becc. |
Small-diameter canes for basketry, fish traps and tying | |
C. bacularis Becc. |
Canes for walking-sticks | |
C. bicolor Becc. |
Ornamental use of young plants | |
C. blumei Becc. |
Canes of good quality but quantities insufficient for commercial use; canes for baskets and mats | |
C. boniensis Becc. ex Heyne |
Probably sold together with other small-diameter canes | |
C. burckianus Becc. |
Canes for broom handles | |
C. caesius Bl. |
Canes for commercial and traditional uses | |
C. castaneus Becc. |
Leaves for thatch; immature fruits in traditional medicine | |
C. ciliaris Bl. |
Slender canes for weaving and binding; seedlings used as ornamentals | |
C. conirostris Becc. |
Canes of poor quality, rarely used; fruit eaten | |
C. convallium J. Dransf. |
Canes | |
C. cumingianus Becc. |
Entire canes made into handicrafts, furniture and baskets | |
C. deërratus G. Mann & H. Wendl. |
Canes for construction and weaving | |
C. densiflorus Becc. |
Canes for making furniture and baskets | |
C. didymocarpus Warb. ex Becc. |
Canes inferior but used for local furniture-making | |
C. diepenhorstii Miq. |
Canes for tying, cordage, basketry, fish traps and noose traps | |
C. dimorphacanthus Becc.var. dimorphacanthus |
Canes used for baskets, bags, tying, etc. for home industries | |
C. discolor Becc. |
Young plants as ornamentals; canes for binding or tying | |
C. egregius Burr. |
Excellent small- to medium-diameter canes for binding and weaving in furniture; new shoots edible | |
C. elmerianus Becc. |
Canes for furniture, handicrafts and home industries | |
C. erioacanthus Becc. |
Canes of good quality | |
C. exilis Griff. |
Canes for binding, weaving, basketry, handicrafts | |
C. flabellatus Becc. |
Canes for tying, binding and weaving | |
C. gamblei Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. gibbsianus Becc. |
Canes for tying and weaving | |
C. gonospermus Becc. |
Edible fruit | |
C. gracilis Roxb.. |
Canes for handicrafts | |
C. grandifolius Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. guruba (Buch-Ham) ex Mart. |
Canes for basketry, chair seats | |
C. halconensis (Becc.) Baja-Lapis var. dimorphacanthus Becc. |
Canes for chair frames, cables for ferry boats, hauling logs and as rigging on small sailboats; split canes for mats, basketry, fish traps, chair seats | |
C. heteroideus Bl. |
Canes for cordage | |
C. hispidulus Becc. |
Canes for weaving | |
C. hookerianus Becc. |
Canes for furniture, basketry | |
C. huegelianus Mart. |
Canes for basketry, chair frames, etc | |
C. inermis T. Anders. |
Canes for police sticks, chair frames | |
C. inops Becc. ex Heyne |
Actual use of small- to medium-diameter canes not known | |
C. insignis Becc. |
Split canes for basketry, cordage; spiny leaf-sheaths as food graters | |
C. javensis Bl. |
Canes for cordage, basketry, noose traps, musical instruments; edible raw cabbage as medicine; spiny leaf-sheaths formerly used to make food graters | |
C. koordersianus Becc. |
Canes locally for basket frames | |
C. laevigatus Mart. |
Extensively collected as small-diameter cane, end-uses not documented | |
C. latifolius Roxb. |
Canes for basketry, walking-sticks, furniture frames; split canes for chair seats | |
C. leiocaulis Becc. ex Heyne |
Small-diameter canes extensively used to make furniture for local and export markets | |
C. leptospadix Griff. |
Canes for basketry and chair seats | |
C. leptostachys Becc. ex Heyne |
Excellent small-diameter canes for furniture and handicrafts for local and export markets | |
C. longisetus Griff. |
Coarse cane for furniture; leaves for thatch; edible fruit | |
C. longispathus Ridl. |
Young leaves occasionally as cigarette paper; fruits as medicine | |
C. luridus Becc. |
Canes split for tying and binding | |
C. manan Miq. |
Most desirable large-diameter canes for furniture | |
C. manillensis (Mart.) H. Wendl. |
Edible fruit; canes of inferior quality for tying | |
C. marginatus (Bl.) Mart. |
Poor quality but durable canes for basket frames and walking-sticks | |
C. mattanensis Becc. |
Canes occasionally used to make coarse baskets | |
C. megaphyllus Becc. |
Canes for basketry and tying | |
C. melanorhynchus Becc. |
Canes for basketry and handicrafts | |
C. merrillii Becc. |
Entire canes for chair frames, ferry boat cables, hauling logs, sailboat rigging; split canes for basketry, chairs, fish traps, etc | |
C. microcarpus Becc. |
Canes for basketry | |
C. microsphaerion Becc. |
Entire canes for basketry | |
C. minahassae Becc. |
Canes as cordage | |
C. mindorensis Becc. |
Popular large-diameter canes for furniture; split canes for basketry, cordage | |
C. mitis Becc. |
Canes for basketry and tying | |
C. moseleyanus Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. multinervis Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. muricatus Becc. |
Cabbage eaten | |
C. myriacanthus Becc. |
Canes for walking-sticks, cages, basket frames | |
C. nagbettai Fernandez & Dey |
Canes for basketry | |
C. nambariensis Becc. |
Canes for handicrafts | |
C. optimus Becc. |
Canes used to make mats, for weaving, to bind furniture and cordage | |
C. ornatus Bl. |
Major use of canes for furniture; also for walking-sticks, handles for implements and flooring; leaves, cabbage and roots as medicine; fruits occasionally eaten | |
C. ovoideus Thwaites ex Trimen |
Split canes for basketry; entire canes for furniture frames; split cane cores for crude woven products | |
C. oxleyanus Teysm. & Binnend. ex Miq. |
Canes for walking-sticks | |
C. palustris Griff. |
Canes excellent for furniture frames | |
C. pandanosmus Furt. |
Canes | |
C. paspalanthus Becc. |
Seedlings as potential ornamental; ripe fruit pickled and young shoot eaten | |
C. pedicellatus Becc. ex Heyne |
Canes apparently of good quality for furniture | |
C. perakensis Becc. |
Canes occasionally used for walking-sticks | |
C. peregrinus Furt. |
Robust canes of good quality for furniture | |
C. pilosellus Becc. |
Canes of good appearance but probably only for local use | |
C. pogonacanthus Becc. ex H. Winkler |
Canes of good quality for tying, binding and making coarse mats | |
C. poilanei Conrad |
Canes for handicrafts | |
C. polystachys Becc. |
Coarse canes used for broom handles | |
C. pseudorivalis Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. pseudotenuis Becc. |
Canes for basketry | |
C. pseudoulur Becc. |
Canes for basketry, etc. | |
C. ramulosus Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. reyesianus Becc. |
Canes of small diameter use for furniture and basketry, local and international | |
C. rhomboideus Bl. |
Canes possibly used to make baskets and mats | |
C. rhytidomus Becc. |
Canes used locally for binding | |
C. rotang Linn. |
Canes for basketry, chair seats | |
C. rudentum Lour. |
Canes for handicrafts; edible fruit | |
C. ruvidus Becc. |
Canes used for basketry and tying | |
C. scabridulus Becc. |
Canes split for tying, thatching and cordage | |
C. scipionum Lour. |
Canes for making moderate-quality furniture; walking-sticks, umbrella handles, etc. | |
C. sedens J. Dransf. |
Canes sometimes used to make walking-sticks | |
C. semoi Becc. |
Excellent quality cane; under cultivation in gardens | |
C. simplex Becc. |
Canes for basketry | |
C. simplicifolius Wei |
Good medium-diameter cane for furniture, binding, weaving, basketry, etc; new shoots edible | |
C. siphonospathus Mart. |
Canes for basketry and tying | |
C. solitarius T. Evans et al. |
Canes for handicrafts | |
C. spinifolius Becc. |
Canes for basketry and tying | |
C. subinermis H. Wendl.ex Becc. |
Canes for furniture frames; cabbage cooked as a vegetable; fruit sometimes eaten | |
C. symphysipus Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. tenuis Roxb. |
Canes for basketry; fruits and young shoots eaten | |
C. tetradactylus Hance |
Small-diameter canes for handicrafts, basketry and furniture | |
C. thwaitesii Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. tomentosus Becc. |
Canes for tying and binding | |
C. trachycoleus Becc. |
Canes used as skin peels for weaving chair seats and back; unsplit for furniture; basketry, mats, fish traps, cordage | |
C. travancoricus Bedd. ex Becc. & Hook |
Canes for handicrafts and furniture | |
C. trispermus Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. tumidus Furt. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. ulur Becc. |
Split canes for cordage | |
C. unifarius H. Wendl. |
Canes locally for furniture | |
C. usitatus Becc. |
Canes for basketry, furniture and handicrafts | |
C. vidalianus Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
C. viminalis Willd. |
Canes locally for basketry and matting | |
C. wailong S.J. Pei & S.Y. Chen |
Canes for weaving and furniture | |
C. warburgii K. Schum. |
Canes locally for basket frames | |
C. zollingeri Becc. |
Canes for furniture frames | |
