As you can see, this special 'collection' includes ...
The 'types' of 'wood' used include ...
Standard Rattan - the Traditional school cane, which is the pith of a climbing palm of the genus Calamus ... from Indonisia.
Kooboo Rattan - wide application, used at home and by public school Prefects since mid-19th Century.
Palambang Rattan - popular at the end of the 19th Century.
Nilcert cane - supplied with handle formed from the snobbly root end. eUsed where caning intended to be very painful punishment.
Dragon cane - the ultimate cane, dense, special type of rattan, very strong, tremendous whip and speed, displaced 'The Birch' as the supreme sanction.
... and Rota in the case of the Singapore Canes ...
