Daemonorops ochrolepis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Daemonorops ochrolepis Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Philippines: ditaan, palaklakanin sumulid (Tagalog).

Distribution

The Philippines (Ilocos Norte, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon, Polillo, Mindanao).

Uses

The cane is used for furniture, baskets, bags, etc., for home industries and local commercial use.

Observations

Large rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 30 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 50 mm in diameter. Leaves cirrate; leafsheaths densely armed with dark brown rigid bristles; leaflets numerous, lanceolate, equidistant. Fruit spherical, to 20 mm in diameter. Endemic to the Philippines. Found in primary forest at low and medium altitudes up to 1200 m.

Selected sources

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