Tropical Rainforest Rattan Palm

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Tropical Rainforest: Rattan Palm

The Rattan Palm: The Rattan Palm is a vine that is strong and is different from other Palms because it has a climbing behavior .

Location: The rattan palm is located in many different places such as tropical africa and throughout Asia East Indies and Australia but the plant is mostly found in the rain forest of the tropic Indonesia.

Adaptations: The Rattan Palm has whitish spines that are located on the mid rib of its leaves. This leaves the plant able to climb and stay attached to the tree that it is growing on or living on. The Stem is very strong yet thin so the hooks on the rattan palms leaves are used to climb the tree to create support for the palm to keep growing.
The leaves and stems:

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