ຫວາຍແດງລາວ / Lao Red Rattan
APA 6th ed. ຫວາຍແດງລາວ / Lao Red Rattan. (2021, August 27). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000033
MLA 8th ed. ຫວາຍແດງລາວ / Lao Red Rattan. Pha Khao Lao, 27 August 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000033.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ຫວາຍແດງລາວ / Lao Red Rattan." Published August 27, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000033.
This clustering rattan has stems up to 40 m long and 2 cm-2.5 cm in diameter. Its sheath is 3.5 cm-5 cm in diameter and light green-grey or pale yellow-green. It has many pale straw-coloured spines with dark tips and green-yellow bases. The small ocrea, formed by the brittle edge of the sheath, is covered in spines like the sheath’s. Leaves are 1.7 m-2.5 m long, and the lower leaves have underside leaflets with white indumentums. The leaf stalks are 5 cm-10 cm long and the inflorescences 2.5 m-6 m, plus a flagellum and drooping branches. Its scaly fruit is 2 cm x 1.2 cm, orange when dry, with a dark brown under its edge. The seed is not ruminate. Wai leum grows in evergreen forest, or near karst limestone cliffs at 200 m-350 m, in Sayaboury, Vientiane Province, Vientiane Capital and Bolikhamxai.
Its bitter shoots can be found on local markets. The canes display ear-like structures and are less sought after than other species, considered good for handicrafts but not for furniture.