| 翻訳と辞書 |
Rattan
Rattan (from the Malay ''rotan'') is the name for the roughly 600 species of palms in the tribe Calameae (Greek 'kálamos' = reed), native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia. Rattan is also known as ''manila'', or ''malacca'', named after the ports of shipment Manila and Malacca City, and as ''manau'' (from the Malay ''rotan manau'', the trade name for ''Calamus manan'' canes in Southeast Asia.).〔Johnson, Dennis V (2004): ''Rattan Glossary: And Compendium Glossary with Emphasis on Africa''. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, p. 22〕
== Structure ==
Most rattans differ from other palms in having slender stems, 2–5 cm diameter, with long internodes between the leaves; also, they are not trees but are vine-like, scrambling through and over other vegetation. Rattans are also superficially similar to bamboo. Unlike bamboo, rattan stems ("malacca") are solid, and most species need structural support and cannot stand on their own. However, some genera (e.g. ''Metroxylon'', ''Pigafetta'', ''Raphia'') are more like typical palms, with stouter, erect trunks. Many rattans have spines which act as hooks to aid climbing over other plants, and to deter herbivores. Rattans have been known to grow up to hundreds of metres long. Most (70%) of the world's rattan population exist in Indonesia, distributed among Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumbawa islands. The rest of the world's supply comes from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Bangladesh
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Rattan」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|