- Family:
- Arecaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Calamus L.
Calamus guruba Buch.-Ham. ex Mart.

[PW]
- Distribution
- India (North-central and North-east), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand (East, South-east and Peninsular), Laos (South) and Peninsular Malaysia. Also probably Cambodia (Gagnepain & Conrard 1937).
- Vernacular
- wai deng (Lao Loum), wai kikai (Thailand).
- Biology
- In Laos, scrub forest, often by rivers, at 100 m. In Thailand, evergreen forest up to 750 m.
- Conservation
- Widespread and so probably of little concern, although Renuka (1999) notes that the Indian populations have declined considerably in recent years.
[PW]
- Use
- Cane used in handicrafts, trade potential unknown in Indochina but reported to be a highly sought-after species in West Bengal (Sarkar 1999). Shoot edible.
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India
Calamus guruba Buch.-Ham. ex Mart. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2000 | Kerr, A.F.G. [9414], Thailand | K000525659 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2000 | Helfer [6398], Burma | K000521903 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2000 | [Wallich] [s.n.], Burma | K000525692 | holotype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2000 | Parker, R.N. [2483], Burma | K000521900 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2000 | Kerr, A.F.G. [9414A], Thailand | K000525660 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2000 | Kerr, A.F.G. [19811], Thailand | K000525657 | No | ||
McClelland [s.n.E68], Burma | K000521882 | No | |||
Phengkhlai, C. [663], Thailand | K000525661 | No | |||
Jenkins, J.D. [s.n.E114] | K000521914 | No | |||
Gamble [7768], Bangladesh | K000521892 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n. E117] | K000521896 | No | |||
Keenan [s.n. E109], India | K000521912 | No | |||
Cowan, J.M. [s.n. E110], India | K000521913 | No | |||
Henderson, A. [3181], Myanmar | K000208544 | No | |||
Helfer [6390], Burma | K000521901 | No | |||
Haines, H.H. [5238], Burma | K000521916 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n. E117] | K000521897 | No | |||
Maung BA PE [13057], Burma | K000521921 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E108], India | K000521908 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E108], India | K000521909 | No | |||
McMillen, J.R. [s.n. E107], Burma | K000521889 | No | |||
Gamble [7883], Bangladesh | K000521894 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E118], Bangladesh | K000521898 | No | |||
Haines, H.H. [3686], Burma | K000521879 | No | |||
Gamble [7768], Bangladesh | K000521893 | No | |||
Griffith [s.n.E112], India | K000521918 | No | |||
Gamble [324], India | K000521911 | No | |||
Henderson, A. [3118], Myanmar | K000208551 | No | |||
Gamble [6759], Bangladesh | K000521891 | No | |||
Griffith [6383], India | K000521917 | No | |||
Gamble [6759], Bangladesh | K000521890 | No | |||
McClelland [s.n.E67], Burma | K000521884 | No | |||
Maung BA PE [13057], Burma | K000521920 | No | |||
Vogt, G.B. [BU56], Burma | K000521925 | No | |||
Haines, H.H. [3686a], Burma | K000521881 | No | |||
McMillen, J.R. [s.n. E107], Burma | K000521888 | No | |||
Dransfield, J. [JD5458], Thailand | K000525658 | No | |||
Gamble [324], India | K000521910 | No | |||
unknown [540], India | K000462311 | No | |||
Helfer [6396], Burma | K000521886 | No | |||
McClelland [s.n.E67], Burma | K000521883 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E108], India | K000521907 | No | |||
Mann, G. [s.n. E116], India | K000521922 | No | |||
unknown [540], India | K000462310 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E118], Bangladesh | K000521899 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E111], India | K000521904 | No | |||
Gamble [7883], Bangladesh | K000521895 | No | |||
Helfer [6390], Burma | K000521885 | No | |||
Mann, G. [s.n.E113], India | K000521923 | No | |||
Helfer [6396], Burma | K000521902 | No | |||
Mooney, H.F. [1364], India | K000521887 | No | |||
Maung BA PE [13057], Burma | K000521919 | No | |||
Haines, H.H. [5238], Burma | K000521915 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E108], India | K000521906 | No | |||
Khamphone [411], Laos | K000114557 | No | |||
Haines, H.H. [3686], Burma | K000521880 | No | |||
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E111], India | K000521905 | No | |||
Hooker [8614], India | K000521924 | No |
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 211 (1838)
Accepted by
- Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- Bhattacharya, R.P., Pal, D.C. & Pati, B.R. (2014). A sytematic census of monocot climbers of Bihar anf Jharkhand states Indian Journal of Forestry 37: 317-324.
- Devi, S.P. & Singh, P.K. (2007). Rattan of Manipur: tree new records for the state Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31: 460-463.
- Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
- Peters, C.M. & Henderson, A. (2014). Systematics, ecology and management of Rattans in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: 1-222. Agricultural Printing House.
Literature
Palmweb - Palms of the World Online
- T. Evans, A Synopsis of the Rattans (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) of Laos and Neighbouring Parts of Indochina. 2002
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Palmweb - Palms of the World Online
Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
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