Calamus leptostachys (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus leptostachys Becc. ex Heyne

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: ronti, runti (Sulawesi), teland (south), matakito (Buton). The cane is often wrongly called "tohiti"or "jermasi".

Distribution

Sulawesi.

Uses

Excellent smalldiameter cane for furniture and handicraft, used extensively locally as well as exported.

Observations

Clustering or solitary rattan. Stem to 60 m long, without leafsheaths 15 mm in diameter, with sheaths 28 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate, to 3 m long with cirrus; knee conspicuous. Found in lowland primary forest up to 200 m altitude.

Selected sources

27, 36, 41.