ຫວາຍບຸ່ນ / Boun Rattan
APA 6th ed. ຫວາຍບຸ່ນຝາດ / Boun Rattan. (2021, September 7). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000035
MLA 8th ed. ຫວາຍບຸ່ນຝາດ / Boun Rattan. Pha Khao Lao, 7 September 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000035.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ຫວາຍບຸ່ນຝາດ / Boun Rattan." Published September 7, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000035.
Calamus nutantiflorus Griff.
Daemonorops jenkinsiana (Griff.) Mart.
Daemonorops margaritae (Hance) Becc.
Daemonorops nutantiflora (Griff.) Mart.
Daemonorops pierreana Becc.
Daemonorops schmidtiana Becc.
Palmijuncus jenkinsianus (Griff.) Kuntze
Palmijuncus margaritae (Hance) Kuntze
Palmijuncus nutantiflorus (Griff.) Kuntze
ໄທ: ຫວາຍຈ້າ
ວຽດນາມ: ເມີຍເນຶອກ
Wai boun is an abundantly clustering rattan with cirrus, and stems up to 25 m long and 1.5 cm-3 cm in diameter. The green sheath has a diameter of 3 cm-6 cm and is often covered with reddish-black indumentums. Its many spines are black, and its ocrea tiny and dry, with no spines or bristles. The leaves are 1 m-2.5 m long and have a cirrus of 0.5 m-2 m. The leaflets are regular and the leafstalk 10 cm-50 cm long. The 0.3 m-0.65 m long inflorescence is erect with no flagellum. Its stalk is less than 5 cm long and there is a boat-shaped leaf-like part protecting the inflorescence. The fruit measures 1.9 cm x 1.9 cm, is scaly, grooved and light in colour.
Its shoots are a popular food in northern Laos, sold for $0.05-$0.2 each or $0.2 per kg. One person is able to collect 6 kg of shoots per collection trip, earning $35 per year. One kg of seed sells for $0.5-$1 and is exported to China to be made into necklaces or as an ingredient of traditional medicine.