Malacca cane

noun2

1. •
   Calamus scipionum, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; (inexact) closely similar species and their material.

   • The mallets or sticks [sc. used in polo] are generally of malacca cane. — 1897
2. •
   A walking stick made of C. scipionum or similar material with a rich but mottled brown color.

   • The well-known ‘Malacca Canes’... do not occur about Malacca itself, but are imported from Siak, on the opposite coast of Sumatra. — 1856