Daemonorops grandis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Daemonorops grandis (Griff.) Mart.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia, Singapore: rotan sendang
• Thailand: waichak.

Distribution

Sumatra, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.

Uses

The leaves are used for thatch. The outer layer of the petiole and rachis are peeled and split into strips for making baskets and winnowing trays by the aborigines in Peninsular Malaysia. The rachis is also used as fishing rods.

Observations

Clustering, robust rattan climbing to 20 m tall. Stem about 30 mm in diameter without leafsheaths, up to 50 mm in diameter with sheaths. Commonly found on ridges and lower slopes of hill dipterocarp forest.

Selected sources

14, 19, 35.