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the climbing palm that became your patio furniture by strangling its way up the rainforest.
climbing vineHooked spines let it scale trees hundreds of feet up
longest plantSingle stems can stretch over 600 feet
not bambooSolid core, unlike bamboo's hollow tube
global tradeMulti-billion-dollar industry across Southeast Asia
martial weaponFilipino arnis fighters wield rattan sticks