Long pedubcle rattan
Daemonorops longipes

Family: Arecaceae

What it is like

A rattan or palm. It grows in clusters. The stems can be climbing and 3 cm across. The internodes are 5-12 cm long. The sheaths are bright green with curved spines. The leaves can be 4.5 m long including a 1.25 m long tendril. There are 50 leaflets on each side of the stalk. They are narrow and regularly arranged. The flowering shoots are 75 cm long. The fruit are oval and 1.5-1.8 cm long.

There are 115 Daemonorops species.

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows on the edges of freshwater swamps and beside streams. It grows in lowland dipterocarp forests.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, SE Asia

How it is used for food

The young shoots are eaten.

Edible parts

Shoots, cabbage, palm heart

How it is grown

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Its other names

Local names

Huwi tiku, Rotan buah, Rotan kembong, Rotan rundang, Rotan sabut, Rotan tanah

Synonyms

Calamus longipes Griff.; Calamus ramosissimus Griff.; Calamus strictus (Blume) Miq.; Daemonorops calothyrsa Furtado; Daemonorops longipedunculata Furtado; Daemonorops ramosissima (Griff.) Mart.; Daemonorops sabensis Becc. ex Gibbs; Daemonorops stricta Blume; Demonorops virescens Becc.; Palimjuncus ramosissimus (Griff.) Kuntze; Rotang longipes (Griff.) Baill.;