Mazhar Botanic Garden

Daemonorops jenkinsiana (Griff.) Mart.

Major Jenkins Rattan Palm Duhia bet Dangri bet Golla bet

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000054
Common name: Major Jenkins Rattan Palm, Duhia bet, Dangri bet, Golla bet
Arabic name: نخيل دماناروبس
Native: Assam, China southeast, Thailand
Country: China Thailand
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Climbing palm, producing a dense of vigorous unbranched stems, up to 50 m long, 25-30 mm in diameter male inflorescences branched to 4 orders, female to 2 orders Fruits yellowish brown, globose to ellipsoid, to 2 × 2 cm, with grooved scales  

Fresh shoots - cooked and eaten as a vegetable, The seeds are used for making necklaces, harvested for the production of Buddhist prayer beads .

Calamus jenkinsianus Griff

.
Texture: Moist acidic
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, germinate 50-60 days after sowing
Flowering time: Late spring
Zone: 10
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Local market
Plant Uses: Crafts Fruits Human food
Vegetation types: Evergreen Sub tropical
pH: Acid

The information in this website has been compiled from reliable sources, such as reference works on medicinal plants. It is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment and Mazhar Botanic Garden does not purport to provide any medical advice. Readers should always consult his/her physician before using or consuming a plant for medicinal purposes.