Daemonorops leptopus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Daemonorops leptopus (Griff.) Mart.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: rotan bacap.

Distribution

Endemic to Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.

Uses

The cane is used for making baskets and for tying. The leaflets are used by local people as cigarette paper.

Observations

A robust, clustering and climbing rattan to 15 m tall. Stem diameter without leafsheaths to 25 mm, with sheaths to 30 mm in diameter. Very common in lowland to upper hill dipterocarp forest to 1000 m altitude, especially in swampy valleys, slopes and ridge tops.

Selected sources

14, 35.