The story
From the former importance of Malacca as a port for the rattan trade and cane in its senses both as a reed-like plant and as a walking stick.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
malacca cane
Today it means: Calamus scipionum, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; (inexact) closely similar species and their material. Full definition →