Calamus leiocaulis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus leiocaulis Becc. ex Heyne

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: rotan jermasi, jarmasi (Sulawesi). In the rattan trade it is wrongly named "jermasin", which appears to be the shortened name of Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan, one of the centres of rattan production.

Distribution

Sulawesi (Central and SouthEast).

Uses

Cane extensively used in making furniture, locally and for export; excellent quality smalldiameter cane but cheaper than that of C. caesius Bl.

Observations

Sparsely clustering rattan, slender, to 42 m tall. Stem to 4 mm in diameter without leafsheaths, with sheaths to 10 mm in diameter. Found in lowland primary forest on rather wet soils up to 50 m altitude. Very poorly known botanically.

Selected sources

27, 41.