ON THIS PLANT
Calamus manan, the manau rattan or rotan manau, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. A vine, its single stem is widely harvested from the wild for cane furniture-making, leading to an unsustainable population decline. One unbranched stem at Buitenzorg, was carefully measured to a length of 240 metres (787 ft).
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Rattan en Manan rattan palm en Kordam en Rotan manau en Rattan palm
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