Calamus muricatus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus muricatus Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: rotan melukut, rotan sakat (Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: wi tunjung (Iban, Sarawak), wae sawit usen (Penan, Sarawak), rotan yuk (Sabah).

Distribution

Borneo.

Uses

The growing point is eaten as palm cabbage and known locally as "savit"by the Penans in Sarawak.

Observations

A solitary rattan climbing to 10 m tall; stem 15 mm in diameter without leafsheaths, to 25 mm in diameter with sheaths. Widely distributed throughout Borneo in the lowlands and foothills in lowland mixeddipterocarp forest.

Selected sources

21, 29, 43, 44, 46.