Daemonorops curranii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Daemonorops curranii Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Philippines: pitpit, saranoi (Tagbanva).

Distribution

The Philippines (Palawan).

Uses

The cane is used for basketmaking and for tying.

Observations

Mediumsized rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 12 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 25 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate; leaflets equidistant, papyraceous. Fruit small, spherical and with short, conical beak. Endemic to the Philippines, in forest at low altitude.

Selected sources

2, 3, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 38, 39, 45.