Calamus heteroideus (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
- Family: Palmae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: howe cacing, rotan cacing (western Java) (this local name is also applied to C. javensis Bl., C. unifarius H. Wendl. and C. viminalis Willd.).
Distribution
Sumatra (northern Lampung), Java.
Uses
The cane is used incidentally as cordage.
Observations
Clustering slender rattan, up to 3 m tall, forming thickets. Stem 6 mm in diameter without leafsheaths, with sheaths to 10 mm in diameter. Flagellum 1 m long. Included in this species is var. pallens (Bl.) Becc. C. heteroideus is included in the synonymy with C. reinwardtii Bl. in the "Flora of Java", but it is distinct. Found in hill and montane forests to 1250 m altitude.
Selected sources
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