Calamus peregrinus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus peregrinus Furtado

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Thailand: nguay.

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Selangor, Negri Sembilan) and Thailand.

Uses

A robust cane of good quality used in the furniture industry in Thailand. In Peninsular Malaysia the use is not known with certainty, but it is probably mixed with other large canes in the trade.

Observations

Solitary rattan with stout stem to 20 m tall, without sheaths about 20 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 35 mm in diameter. Leaves ecirrate, very large, 45 m long; knee well developed; ocrea short, blackish; flagellum to 3.5 m long. Cut surfaces exuding yellow sap. On steep slopes and ridges in hill dipterocarp forest, at altitudes up to 600 m.

Selected sources

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