Daemonorops
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Daemonorops is a genus of rattan
Rattan
Rattan is the name for the roughly 600 species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia.- Structure :...

 palms in the family Arecaceae
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...

 found primarily in the tropics and subtropics of southeastern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

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The stem
Plant stem
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes, the nodes hold buds which grow into one or more leaves, inflorescence , conifer cones, roots, other stems etc. The internodes distance one node from another...

s of the Daemonorops are harvest for their cores, which is used for everything from canes to furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...

. The fruits of certain species, in particular Daemonorops draco, produces a red resin known as "Dragon's blood
Dragon's blood
Dragon's blood is a bright red resin that is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, Calamus rotang and Pterocarpus. The red resin was used in ancient times as varnish, medicine, incense, and dye...

". The seeds of species such as Daemonorops margaritae (Chinese: 星月菩提) are harvested for the production of Buddhist prayer beads
Buddhist prayer beads
Buddhist prayer beads are a traditional tool used to count the number of times a mantra is recited whilst meditating. They are similar to other forms of prayer beads used in various world religions; thus some call this tool the Buddhist rosary.-Mala:...

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Polysaccharide
Polysaccharide
Polysaccharides are long carbohydrate molecules, of repeated monomer units joined together by glycosidic bonds. They range in structure from linear to highly branched. Polysaccharides are often quite heterogeneous, containing slight modifications of the repeating unit. Depending on the structure,...

s found in some Daemonorops species are known for their medicinal anti-coagulant
Coagulant
Coagulant can refer to:* flocculation* coagulation agent...

properties.

Species

  • Daemonorops acamptostachys Becc.
  • Daemonorops acehensis Rustiami
  • Daemonorops affinis Becc.
  • Daemonorops angustifolia (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops aruensis Becc.
  • Daemonorops asteracantha Becc.
  • Daemonorops atra J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops aurea Renuka & Vijayak.
  • Daemonorops banggiensis J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops beguinii Burret
  • Daemonorops binnendijkii Becc.
  • Daemonorops brachystachys Furtado
  • Daemonorops calapparia (Mart.) Blume
  • Daemonorops calicarpa (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops clemensiana Becc.
  • Daemonorops collarifera Becc.
  • Daemonorops confusa Furtado
  • Daemonorops crinita Blume
  • Daemonorops cristata Becc.
  • Daemonorops curranii Becc.
  • Daemonorops depressiuscula (Miq. ex H.Wendl.) Becc.
  • Daemonorops didymophylla Becc.
  • Daemonorops draco (Willd.) Blume
  • Daemonorops dracuncula Ridl.
  • Daemonorops dransfieldii Rustiami
  • Daemonorops elongata Blume
  • Daemonorops fissa Blume
  • Daemonorops forbesii Becc.
  • Daemonorops formicaria Becc.
  • Daemonorops geniculata (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops gracilipes (Miq.) Becc.
  • Daemonorops gracilis Becc.
  • Daemonorops grandis (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops hirsuta Blume
  • Daemonorops horrida Burret
  • Daemonorops ingens J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops jenkinsiana (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops korthalsii Blume
  • Daemonorops kunstleri Becc.
  • Daemonorops kurziana Hook.f. ex Becc.
  • Daemonorops lamprolepis Becc.
  • Daemonorops leptopus (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops lewisiana (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops loheriana Becc.
  • Daemonorops longipes (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops longispatha Becc.
  • Daemonorops longispinosa Burret
  • Daemonorops longistipes Burret
  • Daemonorops macrophylla Becc.
  • Daemonorops macroptera (Miq.) Becc.
  • Daemonorops maculata J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops manii Becc.
  • Daemonorops margaritae (Hance) Becc.
  • Daemonorops megalocarpa Burret
  • Daemonorops melanochaetes Blume
  • Daemonorops micracantha (Griff.) Becc.
  • Daemonorops microcarpa Burret
  • Daemonorops microstachys Becc.
  • Daemonorops mirabilis (Mart.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops mollis (Blanco) Merr.
  • Daemonorops mollispina J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops monticola (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops nigra (Willd.) Blume
  • Daemonorops oblata J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops oblonga (Reinw. ex Blume) Blume
  • Daemonorops ochrolepis Becc.
  • Daemonorops oligolepis Becc.
  • Daemonorops oligophylla Becc.
  • Daemonorops oxycarpa Becc.
  • Daemonorops pachyrostris Becc.
  • Daemonorops palembanica Blume
  • Daemonorops pannosa Becc.
  • Daemonorops pedicellaris Becc.
  • Daemonorops periacantha Miq.
  • Daemonorops plagiocycla Burret
  • Daemonorops poilanei J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops polita Fernando
  • Daemonorops propinqua Becc.
  • Daemonorops pumila Van Valk.
  • Daemonorops rarispinosa Renuka & Vijayak.
  • Daemonorops riedeliana (Miq.) Becc.
  • Daemonorops robusta Warb. ex Becc.
  • Daemonorops rubra (Reinw. ex Mart.) Blume
  • Daemonorops ruptilis Becc.
  • Daemonorops sabut Becc.
  • Daemonorops sarasinorum Warb. ex Becc.
  • Daemonorops scapigera Becc.
  • Daemonorops schlechteri Burret
  • Daemonorops sepal Becc.
  • Daemonorops serpentina J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops siberutensis Rustiami
  • Daemonorops singalana Becc.
  • Daemonorops sparsiflora Becc.
  • Daemonorops spectabilis Becc.
  • Daemonorops stenophylla Becc.
  • Daemonorops treubiana Becc.
  • Daemonorops trichroa Miq.
  • Daemonorops unijuga J.Dransf.
  • Daemonorops urdanetana Becc.
  • Daemonorops uschdraweitiana Burret
  • Daemonorops verticillaris (Griff.) Mart.
  • Daemonorops wrightmyoensis Renuka & Vijayak.
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