Calamus ruvidus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus ruvidus Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: wee lumbak (Iban, Sarawak)

Distribution

Endemic to Sarawak.

Uses

The cane is used for basketry and also for tying.

Observations

A clustering or solitary rattan, producing smalldiameter cane of good quality. Stem 15 mm in diameter without leafsheaths, 25 mm in diameter with sheaths. Leaf without cirrus and with very short petiole. Usually found in alluvial forest or mixeddipterocarp forest.

Selected sources

21, 43, 44.