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colour. Length of joint uniform and about 9 inches ; 
diameter about 0.6 inch. A very durable cane, 
which is never used whole. Splits finely and into 
long lengths. * Used for tying thatch, carrying 
baskets, mats, sieves, strainers, baskets, and ropes 
for boats. A most useful rattan to both Sakai and 
Malay. A decoction of the fruit is used in cases of 
dysentery. 
12. Rotan Kerai. 
Calamus sp. 
A widely distributed but not abundant coarse 
rattan, which thrives best on well drained flats. 
Stems 5 to 15 from one clump and reaching a length 
of 150 feet. Cane straw yellow, ribbed, 0.4 to 1 inch 
in diameter; internodes 4 to 14 inches long, nodes 
conspicuous and rather projecting. Flagellum borne 
from the leaf-sheath and about 5i/ 2 feet long. 
Leaf-sheath very spiny. Leaf 5 feet or more long. 
Leaflets about 95, about S inches long and 0.6 inch 
wide. Very durable if not in contact with water;, 
used both whole and split for framework of baskets, 
etc. ; very firm when dry and will not lose its shape. 
The stem is washed in sand and sold, mixed with 
other kinds, under the trade name of Rotan Barang. 
13. Rotan Cheriau. 
Daemonorops sp. 
A rather coarse rattan, which is abundant and 
widely distributed in swamps. Stems as many as 70 
from a single clump and with a length of 150 to 
200 feet. Cane dull yellow, ribbed, 0.5 to 1 inch in 
