Genus and species |
Utilization notes | |
Calospatha scortechinii Becc. |
Ripe fruits eaten | |
Ceratolobus concolor Bl. |
Canes | |
C. subangulatus (Miq.) Becc. |
Canes | |
Desmoncus cirrhiferus Gentry & Zandini |
Basketry and fish traps; edible fruit | |
D. giganteus Henderson |
Various woven items | |
D. mitis Kuntze |
Basketry and tying house beams | |
D. orthacanthos Mart. |
Basketry | |
D. polyacanthos Mart. |
Basketry, sieves and for tying | |
Eremospatha haullevilleana De WildE. macrocarpa (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) H.Wendl. |
Chewing sticks (native toothbrush) and cane rope | |
Korthalsia cheb Becc. |
Canes | |
K. echinometra Becc. |
Basketry | |
K. ferox Becc. |
Canes | |
K. flagellaris Miq. |
Canes | |
K. furtadoana J. Dransf. |
Canes | |
K. rigida Bl. |
Canes | |
K. rostrata Bl. |
Binding, handicrafts | |
Laccosperma robustum (Burr.) J. Dransf.L. secundiflorum (P. Beauv.) Küntze |
Walking sticks, furniture frames, basket frames and cane rope | |
Myrialepis paradoxa (Kurz) J. Dransf. |
Coarse basketry | |
Oncocalamus mannii (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) H. Wendl. |
Cane rope | |
Plectocomia himalayana Griff. |
Canes for tying and basketry | |
Plectocomiopsis geminiflora (Griff.) Becc. |
Coarse basketry, cordage, fish traps and chicken coops; heart edible though bitter | |
Note: no local use is recorded for the genera Pogonotium or Retispatha.
