Calamus mattanensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus mattanensis Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: rotan maran (Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: wi lantak patong (Iban, Sarawak), wei saput (Penan, Sarawak).

Distribution

Borneo (Sarawak and Kalimantan).

Uses

The canes are occasionally used for making coarse baskets.

Observations

A solitary or clustering, moderately climbing rattan. Stems rarely more than 10 mm in diameter, without leafsheaths, with sheaths to 18 mm in diameter. Inflorescence short with recurved rachillae. C. mattanensis occurs in a wide range of habitats from swamps to ridgetops up to 800 m altitude.

Selected sources

18, 21, 43, 44.