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7. Rotan Tunggal. 
Calamus pencillatus Roxb. var. ? 
This is a rattan of medium size which is widely- 
distributed in the Peninsula on low hills and well 
drained areas. The name Tunggal refers to the 
solitary habit of this species, only one stem being 
borne from each plant. The stem is of medium 
size, sometimes 400 feet or more in length, and 
conspicuous because of the freedom from thorns of 
the leaf-sheaths and the small size of the leaves. 
The cane when exposed by the removal of the outer 
skin shows fine but prominent parallel corrugations 
running the whole length of the stem. It is of a- 
light yellow colour and is hardly distinguishable 
from Rotans Bujang and Kembong, which are said 
to possess the same qualities, but with a slightly 
paler colour. Length of joint 6 to 26 inches; 
diameter 0.2 to 0.4 inch; nodes projecting slightly 
and with a black line. Leaves rather pale green, 
10 to 15 inches to the beginning of the spiny portion, 
which is very slender and iy 2 to 3 y 2 feet long. 
Leaf-sheath green with light-coloured swellings 
arranged more or less in rows. Leaflets about 13 
pairs, about 6 inches long by % inch wide. 
Possibly the most useful rattan in the forest to 
the Malay and Sakai and preferred by the Malays 
to almost any other. If js seldom used whole except 
in the manufacture of deer snares or for tying 
buffaloes, a single stem being sufficient. It splits 
finely into long lengths and can be “ drawn ” to the 
most minute diameters. It is strong, bends without 
