Calamus semoi (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus semoi Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: wi tut, wi semoi (Sarawak).

Distribution

Found only in Sarawak and East Kalimantan.

Uses

Produces an excellent cane; cultivated in longhouse orchards.

Observations

Clustering, moderatesized rattan. Stems to 12 mm in diameter without leafsheaths, with sheaths to 25 mm in diameter. Leaf cirrate; the leafsheath bears a short vestigial flagellum, but lacks an ocrea. In lowland dipterocarp forest on slopes, from 50300 m altitude.

Selected sources

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