Calamus inops (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus inops Becc. ex Heyne

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: rotan tohiti (but this name is applied more consistently to species of larger diameter).

Distribution

Found only in the central and southern part of Sulawesi.

Uses

The cane has a small to medium diameter. The actual use of this rattan is not known, though often incorrectly cited as rotan tohiti of commerce.

Observations

Moderately robust, solitary rattan. Stem climbing to 10 m; stem without leafsheaths to 20 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 25 mm in diameter. Found in lowland forest.

Selected sources

27, 36.