Calamus bacularis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus bacularis Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: wi tulang (Iban, Sarawak), wi babut (Bidayuh, Sarawak), kokop (Penan, Sarawak).

Distribution

Borneo, endemic to Sarawak.

Uses

The cane is used for making walkingsticks.

Observations

A solitary shortstemmed rattan rarely growing beyond 2 m height. A very localized palm only known from the 1st Division of Sarawak, inhabiting hill slopes and ridge tops in hill dipterocarp forest at an altitude up to 600 m.

Selected sources

18, 21, 43, 44.