Calamus semoi (PROSEA)
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Calamus semoi Becc.
- Family: Palmae
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: wi tut, wi semoi (Sarawak).
Distribution
Found only in Sarawak and East Kalimantan.
Uses
Produces an excellent cane; cultivated in longhouse orchards.
Observations
Clustering, moderatesized rattan. Stems to 12 mm in diameter without leafsheaths, with sheaths to 25 mm in diameter. Leaf cirrate; the leafsheath bears a short vestigial flagellum, but lacks an ocrea. In lowland dipterocarp forest on slopes, from 50300 m altitude.
Selected sources
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