Calamus sedens (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus sedens J. Dransf.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: rotan dudok.

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand.

Uses

The cane is sometimes used for making walkingsticks.

Observations

A solitary, shortstemmed rattan which commonly grows on slopes in hill dipterocarp forest. Leaves ecirrate with broad plicate leaflets. Fruit small, rounded, redbrown.

Selected sources

14, 18, 35.