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In Singapore: Rotan Lilin, Rotan Opot, Howe Cacing, Lempinit Ular-ular, Arorog, Arurug, Wai Tek, Wai Ukan (Native to Singapore, Endangered)
Calamus javensis is a slender climbing rattan palm from wet tropical Southeast Asia, the thinnest of the rattans. It is grown mainly as a climbing vine in humid, warm conditions with filtered light.
Calamus javensis is a vine in the family Arecaceae. It is native to the East Indies. The species is the thinnest of all rattans, measuring only 3 mm in width.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calamus javensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
