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Calamus tetradactylus
Also called Four Finger Rattan Palm
Calamus tetradactylus, known as White Rattan or Four Finger Rattan Palm, is a climbing palm native to southeast Asia, grown for its long, flexible canes. It is a tropical liana that needs warm, humid conditions and room to climb.
Calamus tetradactylus is a climbing plant in the Arecaceae, or palm, family, and is part of a subfamily, Calamoideae, whose members are usually called rattans in English.
It is native to southeast and east Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, south and central Laos, and Yunnan and elsewhere in southeast China.
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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.
