ABOUT RATTAN

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Based on the principles of sustainability, rattan possesse the qualities of fast growing : it takes shorter time to growand harvest compared to other types of wood.
Handling and processing the raw rattan for accessories also requires human hands mostly. It is the least "industrial" material , hence no waste or pollution to worry about.
Rattan boots the economical value of the forest where it grows and the accessories - making centres where it is processed by creating employment opportunity for the local community.

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Rattan (from the Malay rotan), is the name for the roughly six hundred species of palms in the tribe Calameae, here's the detail

Scientific classification

Kingdom:


Plantae

Division:


Magnoliophyta

Class:


Liliopsida

Order:


Arecales

Family:


Arecaceae

Subfamily:


Lepidocaryoideae

Tribe:


Calamea

,native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia. Most rattans are distinct from other palms in having slender stems 2–5 cm diameter with long internodes between the leaves; their consequent growth habit also differs, not being trees but vine-like, scrambling through and over other vegetation. They are also superficially similar to bamboo, but distinct in that the stems ("malacca") are solid, rather than hollow, and also in their need for some sort of support; while bamboo can grow on its own, rattan cannot. Some genera (e.g. Metroxylon, Pigafetta, Raphia) are however more like typical palms, with stouter, erect trunks. Many rattans are also spiny, the spines acting as hooks to aid climbing over other plants, and also 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, Celebes, Sumbawa islands. The rest of the world's supply comes from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

In the forests where rattan grows, its economic value can help protect forest land, by providing an alternative to loggers who forgo timber logging and harvest rattan canes instead. Rattan is much easier to harvest, requiring simpler tools and also much easier to transport. Furthermore, compared to most tropical wood, rattan is much faster growing. This makes it a potential tool in forest maintenance, since it provides a profitable crop that depends on rather than replaces trees. Whether it can be as profitable or useful as the alternatives, however, remains to be seen.
Based on the principles of sustainability, rattan possesse the qualities of fast growing : it takes shorter time to growand harvest compared to other types of wood.
Handling and processing the raw rattan for accessories also requires human hands mostly. It is the least "industrial" material , hence no waste or pollution to worry about.
Rattan boots the economical value of the forest where it grows and the accessories - making centres where it is processed by creating employment opportunity for the local community.

The great flexibilty of rattan itself makes it easy to work with and encourages accessories designer to challenge their creative minds for ideas of dynamic yet enduring designs. One of the uniqueness of rattan furniture is that it isa true expression of traditional craftsmanship. Every twist and bend is done by hand, a fashionable piece of work of art.

Most importantly, rattan has an ecological significance, as it can grow in degraded forests or marginal soil as well as in natural forests without interrupting the existing ecosystem. It embraces the trees, protecting them form being logged, earning rattan the reputation of the most environmental friendly and biodegradable material.

Source : wikipedia+personal experience+others