Daemonorops oblonga (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Daemonorops oblonga (Reinw. ex Bl.) Bl.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: rotan pitik, rotan poprok (eastern Java).

Distribution

Java.

Uses

The cane is used locally for making the framework of baskets, brush handles and coarse weaving.

Observations

Clustering rattan, to 12 m tall. Stem without leafsheaths 1030 mm in diameter, with sheaths 1732 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate, 4.2 m long, including the 90 cm long cirrus. In Java it is distinguishable by its oblongoid fruits. In western Java it has been found in primary lowland dipterocarp forest up to 600 m and in eastern Java it occurs at 100 m altitude. D. oblonga closely resembles D. hystrix (Griff.) Mart.

Selected sources

1, 5, 14.