Calamus draco - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-023

''Daemonorops'' was a genus of

rattan Rattan, also spelled ratan, is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the closed- canopy old-growth tropical forest ...

palms in the family Arecaceae. Its species are now included within the genus ''

Calamus Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * '' Acorus calamus'', the swe ...

''. Species found primarily in the tropics and subtropics of southeastern

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with a few species extending into southern China and the

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. ''Daemonorops'' species are

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproducti ...

, with male and female flowers on separate individuals.

Polysaccharide Polysaccharides (), or polycarbohydrates, are the most abundant carbohydrates found in food. They are long chain polymeric carbohydrates composed of monosaccharide units bound together by glycosidic linkages. This carbohydrate can react with ...

s found in some ''Daemonorops'' species are known for their medicinal

anticoagulant Anticoagulants, commonly known as blood thinners, are chemical substances that prevent or reduce coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time. Some of them occur naturally in blood-eating animals such as leeches and mosquitoes, where t ...

properties.

Former species

* ''Daemonorops acamptostachys'' Becc. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops acehensis'' Rustiami – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops affinis'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops angustifolia'' ( Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops aruensis'' Becc. – Aru Islands * ''Daemonorops asteracantha'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops atra'' J.Dransf. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops aurea'' Renuka & Vijayak. – Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops banggiensis'' J.Dransf. – Sabah * ''Daemonorops beguinii'' Burret – Maluku * ''Daemonorops binnendijkii'' Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops brachystachys'' Furtado – Sumatra, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops brevicaulis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops calapparia'' ( Mart.) Blume – Maluku * ''Daemonorops calicarpa'' ( Griff.) Mart. – Sumatra, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops clemensiana'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops collarifera'' Becc. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops confusa'' Furtado – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops crinita'' Blume – Sumatra, Kalimantan * ''Daemonorops cristata'' Becc. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops curranii'' Becc. – Palawan * ''Daemonorops depressiuscula'' ( Miq. ex

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) Becc . – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops didymophylla'' Becc. – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops draco'' (Willd.) Blume, dragon's blood palm – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra. Synonymous with ''Calamus draco'' Willd. * ''Daemonorops dracuncula'' Ridl. – Mentawai * ''Daemonorops dransfieldii'' Rustiami – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops elongata'' Blume – Borneo * ''Daemonorops fissa'' Blume – Borneo * ''Daemonorops fissilis'' (A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung) A.J.Hend. – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops forbesii'' Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops formicaria'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops geniculata'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops gracilipes'' (Miq.) Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops gracilis'' Becc. – Palawan * ''Daemonorops grandis'' ( Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia = ''Calamus grandis'' * ''Daemonorops hirsuta'' Blume – Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops horrida'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops ingens'' J.Dransf. – Borneo * ''Calamus jenkinsianus, Daemonorops jenkinsiana'' (Griff.) Mart. – Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam * ''Daemonorops korthalsii'' Blume – Borneo * ''Daemonorops kunstleri'' Becc. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops kurziana'' Hook.f. ex Becc. – Thailand, Malaysia, Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops lamprolepis'' Becc. – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops leptopus'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops lewisiana'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops loheriana'' Becc. – Philippines * ''Daemonorops longipes'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo * ''Daemonorops longispatha'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops longispinosa'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops longistipes'' Burret – Sabah, Sarawak * ''Daemonorops macrophylla'' Becc. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops macroptera'' (Miq.) Becc. – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops maculata'' J.Dransf. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops manii'' Becc. – Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops megalocarpa'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops melanochaetes'' Blume – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java * ''Daemonorops micracantha'' (Griff.) Becc. – Malaysia, Borneo * ''Daemonorops microcarpa'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops microstachys'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops mirabilis'' ( Mart.) Mart. – Kalimantan * ''Daemonorops mogeana'' Rustiami – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops mollis'' (Blanco) Merr. – Philippines * ''Daemonorops mollispina'' J.Dransf. – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops monticola'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops nigra'' (Willd.) Blume – Maluku * ''Daemonorops nuichuaensis'' (A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung) A.J.Hend. – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops oblata'' J.Dransf. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops oblonga'' (Reinw. ex Blume) Blume – Java * ''Daemonorops ochrolepis'' Becc. – Philippines * ''Daemonorops ocreata'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops oligolepis'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops oligophylla'' Becc. – Perak * ''Daemonorops oxycarpa'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops pachyrostris'' Becc. – Kalimantan * ''Daemonorops palembanica'' Blume – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops pannosa'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops pedicellaris'' Becc. – Leyte, Mindanao * ''Daemonorops periacantha'' Miq. – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo * ''Daemonorops plagiocycla'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops poilanei'' J.Dransf. – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops polita''

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– Mindanao * ''Daemonorops pumila'' Van Valk. – Kalimantan * ''Daemonorops rarispinosa'' Renuka & Vijayak. – Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops riedeliana'' (Miq.) Becc. – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops robusta'' Warb. ex Becc. – Sulawesi, Maluku * ''Daemonorops rubra'' (Reinw. ex Mart.) Blume – Java * ''Daemonorops ruptilis'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops sabut'' Becc. – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand * ''Daemonorops sarasinorum'' Warb. ex Becc. – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops scapigera'' Becc. – Johor, Borneo, Natuna Islands, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops schlechteri'' Burret – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops sekundurensis'' Rustiami & Zumaidar – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops sepal'' Becc. – Malaysia, Thailand * ''Daemonorops serpentina'' J.Dransf. – Sabah * ''Daemonorops siberutensis'' Rustiami – Siberut * ''Daemonorops singalana'' Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops sparsiflora'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops spectabilis'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops stenophylla'' Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops takanensis'' Rustiami – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops treubiana'' Becc. – described 1911 from material collected in unknown location; probably extinct * ''Daemonorops trichroa'' Miq. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops unijuga'' J.Dransf. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops urdanetana'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops uschdraweitiana'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops verticillaris'' (Griff.) Mart. – Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops wrightmyoensis'' Renuka & Vijayak. – Andaman Islands

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q139724 Calamoideae Historically recognized angiosperm genera Dioecious plants