Calamus leptostachys (PROSEA)
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Calamus leptostachys Becc. ex Heyne
- Family: Palmae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: ronti, runti (Sulawesi), teland (south), matakito (Buton). The cane is often wrongly called "tohiti"or "jermasi".
Distribution
Sulawesi.
Uses
Excellent smalldiameter cane for furniture and handicraft, used extensively locally as well as exported.
Observations
Clustering or solitary rattan. Stem to 60 m long, without leafsheaths 15 mm in diameter, with sheaths 28 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate, to 3 m long with cirrus; knee conspicuous. Found in lowland primary forest up to 200 m altitude.
Selected sources
27, 36, 41.
