MALAY PLANT NAMES. 221 



ROTAN Sabut which see. It produces very large sprays 

 of fruit whence the name. 



ROTAN CHICHE. 



Daemonorops oblongus Mart. {Paliuae). 



ROTAN CHUCHUR. Also ATAP CHUCHUR. 



Calamus casfaneus Griffith. {Palmaej. This rattan does not 

 produce climbing- stems, so the Malays usually call it simply 

 Atap Chuchur. It forms large dense thorny tufts the 

 leaves are used for thatching and making Ataps. 



ROTAN CHUCHUR MINYAK. 



Daemonorops calicarpus Griffith. 



ROTAN DAHAN. 



Plectocomia Grifjitlui Hook. til. (Paimae). A gigantic rattan 

 common every where. The stems are used for making 

 baskets, chiefly used in tin mining and for legs of long 

 chairs. They also produce much water when cut, and thus 

 are classed among the water vines by the Malays. 



ROTAN GAJAH. 



Mijrialepis Scortechimi Hook. til. Also RotaN KertonG, 

 which see. 



ROTAN GETAH. ROTAN HUDANG. 



Calamus didgniupliyUus Becc. (Palmeae). One of the species 

 in which the skin of the fruit produces a red coloring 

 matter known as Dragon's blood. The stem is full of a 

 white latex whence its name Rotan Getah. The shoots 

 are eaten by Malays. 



ROTAN GUNONG. 



Calamus exilis Griff, according to Griffith. "Mountain- 

 rattan." 



ROTAN JERENANG. 



Daemonorops Draco L. (Palmae). The true Dragon's blood 

 rattan. It is very doubtful whether this plant occurs 

 in the Peninsula. Griffith's plant described under the 

 name of ROTANG Jernang from Malacca has been sepa- 

 rated under the name of D. propinquus by Beccari. 



