Malacca cane

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

malacca cane
    n 1: a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm [syn: {malacca},
         {malacca cane}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

malacca cane \malacca cane\ n. (Bot.),
   A walking cane made from the stem of a species of palm of the
   genus {Calamus} ({Calamus Scipionum}), and of a brown color,
   often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China,
   Sumatra, and Malays.
   [1913 Webster]