Calamus pedicellatus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus pedicellatus Becc. ex Heyne

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: Samole (Bugis).

Distribution

Found only in the south and southeast of Sulawesi.

Uses

The cane is apparently of good quality and can be used for furniture.

Observations

Moderately robust, solitary or clumpforming, dioecious rattan. Stem climbing to 40 m. Stem without leafsheaths to 10 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 40 mm in diameter. Leaf cirrate.

Selected sources

27, 36.