Calamus rotang


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Noun1.Calamus rotang - climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canesCalamus rotang - climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes
malacca - stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
calamus - any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
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Immunosuppressive activity of crude saponins from the leaves of Calotropis gigantea, Calamus rotang and Artocarpus integrifolia.
Species of Bambusa, and Calamus rotang were utilized in making of household furniture and preparation of local pickles (young tender leaves of Bambusa), fishing food etc.
Low density but high abundance as observed for Anisomelis indica, Arundo donax, Bambusa tulda, Bombax ceiba, Calamus rotang, Cassia tora, Clitoria ternatea, Coix lacryma-jobi, Ficus hispida and Hedyotis scandens indicated their sparse distribution in the study area.