Daemonorops elongata (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Daemonorops elongata Bl.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: lempinit pahetan, rotan pipit, rotan bangkorn (Sandakan).

Distribution

Endemic to Borneo (Sabah, Kalimantan); not yet found in Sarawak.

Uses

Leaves used locally for thatching temporary shelters.

Observations

Clustering, dioecious rattan. Stem short, rarely exceeding 4 m, without leafsheaths 15 mm in diameter, with sheaths 25 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate. Found in lowland dipterocarp forest. The taxon described as D. elongata var. montana Becc. ex L.S. Gibbs is conspecific with D. longistipes Burr.

Selected sources

5, 18, 21.