Daemonorops sparsiflora (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Daemonorops sparsiflora Becc.

Family: Palmae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: wi ruah air (Iban, Sarawak), savit asaq (Penan, Sarawak).

Distribution

Widespread in Sabah, Sarawak, East Kalimantan and Brunei. Endemic to Borneo.

Uses

The cane is used for tying and the shoots are eaten.

Observations

Slender to moderately robust, clustering, climbing rattan. Stems 818 mm in diameter without leafsheaths, to 27 mm in diameter with sheaths. Usually found on richer soils in primary and disturbed forest, in valley bottoms, on lower slopes and riverside alluvium.

Selected sources

18, 20, 21, 43, 44.