Rattan Furniture Idea

a group of the palm family (Tribus) Calameae which has a climbing habitus

Rattan is a group of the palm family (Tribus) Calameae which has a climbing habitus, mainly Calamus, Daemonorops, and Oncocalamus. Calameae tribe consists of about six hundred members, with regional distribution in tropical parts of Africa, Asia and Australasia. To this clan also includes Salacca genus (eg, bark), Metroxylon (eg thatch / sago), and Pigafetta who did not climb, and traditionally not classed as sugar cane crop.

Rattan sticks are usually slender with a diameter of 2-5 cm, length jointed, hollow, and many are protected by long spines, hard and sharp. These spines serve as a means of self defense from herbivores, while helping climbing, since rattan is not equipped with tendrils. A rattan stem can reach hundreds of meters long. Rattan sticks if cut down and remove the water can be used as a way to survive in the wild. The Javan rhino is also known for making cane as one of the menus.

Most rattan from forests in Indonesia, such as Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara. Indonesia supplies 70% of the world's rattan. The rest of the market is filled from Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

Rattan fast growing and relatively easy to harvest and ditransprotasi. It is thought to help preserve the forest, because people prefer to harvest rattan instead of wood.