Calamus elmerianus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus elmerianus Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Philippines: sababai (Manobo), samanid (Bagobo).

Distribution

The Philippines (Tayabas, Dinagat, Agusan, Davao).

Uses

The canes are used for furniture, handicrafts, and home industries.

Observations

Slender rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 15 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 25 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate; petiole short. Fruit globose with cylindrical beak. Endemic to the Philippines. Usually found in primary forest, sometimes at low altitude, more often in mossy forest at 13001800 m.

Selected sources

2, 3, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 37, 38, 39, 45.