Drinking water from rattan

After a caving trip in Merapoh in Pahang some of the local guys cut rattan to get a fresh supply of drinking water.
 It is surprising how much water one rattan can hold. And it tastes just like water. There is no taste.

Ajak enjoying a drink

 

Here is a 1943 report on "Drinking Water from the Rattan Vine", from a technical training manual of the US War Dept.

I was intrigued by these leaves with holes in a pattern. I don't know what the leaf is, or what made the holes

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