Calamus ulur (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Calamus ulur Becc.

Family: Palmae

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia (Johor), Sumatra (Bengkulu).

Uses

Split cane is used as cordage.

Observations

Clustering rattan, up to 10 m tall. Leaves cirrate, to 1.75 m long including the 1 m long cirrus; leafsheaths with ridges less than 0.5 mm high, with vestigial flagellum. Common in swamp forest at the foot of Gunong Panti in Johor.

Selected sources

4, 14, 18.