Calamus manillensis (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Calamus manillensis (Mart.) H. Wendl.
- Family: Palmae
Vernacular names
- Philippines: bayabong (Manobo), litoko (Ifugao), lintokan (Bagobo).
Distribution
The Philippines (Nueva Viscaya, Tayabas, Sorsogon, Dinagat, Agusan, Davao, Surigao).
Uses
Fruit edible and a delicacy among the Ifugaos in Mountain Province, Luzon. Canes are of inferior quality compared to those of C. merrillii Becc.; they are used for tying and other purposes but not for furniture.
Observations
Large, robust, solitary rattan. Stem without leafsheaths to 30 mm in diameter, with sheaths to 50 mm in diameter. Leaves to 3 m long, cirrate; leafsheaths armed with numerous scattered short spines; leaflets lanceolate. Fruit globose, light cream, with 3 seeds. Endemic to the Philippines in primary forest between 600 and 1000 altitude.
Selected sources
2, 3, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 38, 39, 42, 45.