rattan palm

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rattan palm - climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

Calamus rotang, rattan

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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