Daemonorops calicarpa (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Daemonorops calicarpa (Griff.) Mart.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: lumpit.

Distribution

Widely distributed in Peninsular Malaysia especially in the southern part. Also found in northern Sumatra.

Uses

Leaves are used for thatching and the outer part of the rachis is stripped for weaving baskets.

Observations

A clustering, thicketforming, hapaxanthic, almost stemless nonclimbing rattan. Usually found in lowland dipterocarp forest in valleys and on lower slopes.

Selected sources

14, 35, 40, 46.