Calamus inops (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus inops Becc. ex Heyne

Family: Palmae

• Indonesia: rotan tohiti (but this name is applied more consistently to species of larger diameter).

Found only in the central and southern part of Sulawesi.

The cane has a small to medium diameter. The actual use of this rattan is not known, though often incorrectly cited as rotan tohiti of commerce.

Moderately robust, solitary rattan. Stem climbing to 10 m; stem without leafsheaths to 20 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 25 mm in diameter. Found in lowland forest.

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