Rattan

Rattan
Related Category: Plants
(rtn´), name for a number of plants of the genera Calamus, Daemonorops, and Korthalsia climbing palms of tropical Asia, belonging to the family Palmae ( family).

Rattan Palm, Slender Lady Palm
Scientific Name: Rhapis humilis Blume
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Family: Arecaceae ...

L. acutiflorum (Large Yellowish African Rattan) - L. opacum (Round-Warty-Seeded African Rattan) - L. robustum (Pendulous-Leaved African Rattan) - L. secundiflorum (African Climbing Palm)
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Ramanatha Rao and John Dransfield, Priority species of bamboo and rattan, page 25, Bioversity International, 1998, ISBN 9789290434917 ...

Most Calamoideae (the rattans) and some Arecoideae (Desmoncos), are climbers, either by the aid of a long, hook-bearing apical portion of the leaf, the cirrus, and also, in the case of Calamus, etc.

This same fungus also appeared on a rattan welcome-mat that was in the garden exposed to elements. I several times put off throwing the mat in the garbage, because it was interesting watching the funguses growing on it.

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LIANA
Liana is a woody, climbing vine that grows on tree trunks in order to reach sunlight in the rainforest. Rattan, used for making wicker furniture, is made from liana vines.

The rattan vine has spikes on the underside of its leaves that point backwards to grab onto sapling trees. Other "strangler" vines will use trees as support and grow thicker and thicker as they reach the canopy, strangling its host tree.

Materials are much the same as for small pots: plastic, terracotta, wood, metal, fibreglass, concrete, stone and reconstituted stone. You can also choose from rattan and bamboo; glazed ceramic and even brass-lined mahogany.

See also: Grass, Fruits, May, India, Green