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Calamus
Calamus is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae, and is one of several genera known as rattan palms. There are an estimated 400 species in this genus, all native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.
The genus is distributed from Africa through southeast Asia and Australia to islands of the western Pacific. The bulk of the species occur in Asia, with one species in Africa (C. deerratus) and eight in Australia.
Various species are used to produce the rattan cane for making furniture. Many species were also used in tribal cultures – Indigenous Australians used various parts for shelters, baskets, axe handles, fish traps and fishing lines, as well as eating the fruit and young shoots. Some species may have medicinal properties.
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