Arecaceae
Rattan
Calamus rotang
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Calamus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- قصب دراكو
- arz
- كالاموس روتانج
- Assamese
- কেলামাছ ৰোটাং
- Burmese
- ကုန်းကြိမ်, ကြိမ်ပင်
- Chinese
- 省藤
- Czech
- Rotan rákosový
- English
- Rattan, Rattan palm
- Kannada
- ನಾಗಬೆತ್ತ
- Malayalam
- ചൂരൽ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rotangpalme
- Polish
- Kalamus rotangowy, Kalamus właściwy, Trzcinopalma
- Portuguese
- Ratã, Rotim
- Russian
- Каламус
- Serbian
- Ротанг
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈဝၢႆ
- Sundanese
- Hoé kasur
- Tamil
- வஞ்சி மரம்
- Telugu
- పేము, కొండపేము
- Ukrainian
- Ротангова пальма
Synonyms
- Calamus monoecus Roxb.
- Calamus roxburghii Griff.
- Calamus scipionum Lam.
- Draco rotang Crantz
- Palmijuncus monoecus (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Rotang linnaei Baill.
- Rotanga calamus Crantz
Photos
Photo: Nadezhda Bortnikova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vijayanrajapuram, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Vijayanrajapuram, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vijayanrajapuram, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.