Species |
Utilization notes | |
Daemonorops angustifolia (Griff.) Mart. |
Canes for low-quality furniture, for coring and binding | |
D. calicarpa (Griff.) Mart. |
Leaves for thatching; outer part of rachis stripped for basketry | |
D. clemensiana Becc. |
Canes for basketry and tying | |
D. crinita (Miq.) Bl. |
Canes for coarse basketry and cordage | |
D. curranii Becc. |
Canes for basketry and tying | |
D. didymophylla Becc. |
Fruit yields red resin (dragon's blood); fruit sometimes eaten; canes used as split rattan | |
D. draco (Willd.) Bl. |
Fruit yields red resin (dragon's blood) | |
D. elongata Bl. |
Leaves for thatching | |
D. fissa (Miq.) Bl. |
Canes for local low-quality furniture; cabbage eaten | |
D. grandis (Griff.) Mart. |
Leaves for thatching; outer layer of petiole and rachis peeled and split for basketry; rachis for fishing rods | |
D. hystrix (Griff.) Mart. |
Canes for furniture frames, but of low quality; ripe fruits eaten | |
D. ingens J. Dransf. |
Fruit eaten; leaves for thatching | |
D. jenkinsiana (Griff.) Mart. |
Important medium-large diameter cane in China; canes for basketry and weaving; seeds made into necklaces; fresh shoots eaten as vegetable | |
D. kurziana Becc. |
Canes for furniture | |
D. lamprolepis Becc. |
Canes for binding material | |
D. leptopus (Griff.) Mart. |
Canes for basketry and tying; leaflets used locally as cigarette paper | |
D. longispatha Becc. |
Cabbage eaten; canes for tying | |
D. melanochaetes Bl. |
Cabbage eaten; cane core used for broom handles and coarse furniture | |
D. micracantha (Griff.) Becc. |
Canes split for tying; fruit source of red resin (dragon's blood) | |
D. oblonga (Reinw. ex Bl.) Bl. |
Canes for basket frames, brush handles and coarse weaving | |
D. ochrolepis Becc. |
Canes for furniture, baskets, bags, etc. for home industries and local commercial use | |
D. periacantha Miq. |
Canes split for sewing up fish traps; cabbage and fruit edible | |
D. propinqua Becc. |
Fruits yield red resin (dragon's blood) | |
D. robusta Warb. |
Canes used locally for furniture frames of moderate quality | |
D. rubra (Reinw. ex Bl.) Bl. |
Fruits yield red resin (dragon's blood) | |
D. ruptilis Becc. |
Fruits eaten | |
D. sabut Becc. |
Canes split for basketry, mats and tying; fruits yield red resin (dragon's blood) | |
D. scapigera Becc. |
Canes for walking sticks; fruits and cabbage eaten | |
D. sparsiflora Becc. |
Canes for tying; shoots eaten |