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Distribution<br />

C. deërratus is the most widely distributed <strong>of</strong> the rattans <strong>of</strong> Africa and is distributed<br />

across the humid forest zone <strong>of</strong> Africa; from the Gambia and Casamance in Senegal,<br />

southwards to northern Angola and Zambia and eastwards to southern Sudan and<br />

Uganda.<br />

Figure 37. Distribution <strong>of</strong> C. deërratus<br />

Habitat and ecology<br />

C. deërratus has a strong preference for swamp and riverine forest, (Ainslie, 1926;<br />

Foggie, 1941; Ahn, 1961) and is rather less common in areas with high rainfall (Hall<br />

and Swaine, 1981). As such, this species is relatively rare in the Guineo-Congolian<br />

forest <strong>of</strong> Cameroon and Gabon (Richards, 1963; Letouzey, 1978; author pers. obs.).<br />

This species is more common in drier gallery forest found in the transition zones<br />

between Sudanian savanna woodland to the north <strong>of</strong> the Guineo-Congolian forest<br />

formation, and Zambezian savanna woodland to the south. C. deërratus occurs in<br />

lowland forest areas in west and central Africa at altitudes

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