ຫວາຍເຕ້ຍ / Shortly Stem Rattane
APA 6th ed. ຫວາຍເຕ້ຍ / Shortly Stem Rattane. (2019, March 25). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000136
MLA 8th ed. ຫວາຍເຕ້ຍ / Shortly Stem Rattane. Pha Khao Lao, 25 March 2019, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000136.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2019. "ຫວາຍເຕ້ຍ / Shortly Stem Rattane." Published March 25, 2019. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000136.
Lao: Wai tia, wai kok, wai foom, wai nang
Description. Stems clustered, non-climbing, short and subterranean. Leaf sheaths open, greenish-brown with brown hairs, with scattered, yellowish, flattened, to 1 cm long spines; ocreas present, ear-like; knees absent; flagella absent; petioles to 30 cm long; rachis to 1.5 m long with 15-20, linear-lanceolate leaflets per side, these clustered and spreading in different planes, prominently bristly along margins and veins; cirri absent. Inflorescences to 1.1 m long, erect, not flagellate; bracts tubular, swollen; fruits globose-ellipsoid, to 1.2 cm long and 0.9 cm diameter, whitish.
Distribution and habitat. Central and Southern Laos and also reported from Northern Cambodia (Khou Eang Hourt, pers. comm.; also in Thailand); in deciduous Dipterocarp forest to 250 m elevation.
Flowering and fruiting. Flowers March; fruits November. (M. Peters & A. Henderson, 2014).
Uses. Only minor, such as the leaves made into brooms and edible fruits. The roots are said to have anti-malarial properties.