Plectocomia elongata Mart. & Blume

A palm or rattan. It is robust and forms tufts or clumps. It can grow 25-50 m long. It climbs high into tree. The stems are 4-7 cm across and do not have thorns but the leaf sheaths do. The plant dies after flowering. The leaves are large and the leaf sheaths have prickles. The leaves are divided into leaflets along the stalk. They end in a long whip like structure. The leaf sheath in large and rough and has rows of prickles across it. Male and female flowers are separate on the same plant. The fruit are oval, scaly and have one seed. The seed is 2-3 cm across.

A tropical plant. In Indonesia it grows to 1,500 m above sea level. It grows in lowland and mountain rainforest up to 2,000 m above sea level.

The growing tip or shoot is cooked and eaten.

Plants can be grown from seeds.