ຫວາຍສຸຍ / Clump Rattan
APA 6th ed. ຫວາຍສຸຍ / Clump Rattan. (2020, June 23). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000144
MLA 8th ed. ຫວາຍສຸຍ / Clump Rattan. Pha Khao Lao, 23 June 2020, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000144.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2020. "ຫວາຍສຸຍ / Clump Rattan." Published June 23, 2020. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000144.
Description. Stems solitary, non-climbing, free-standing, to 1.8 m long and 4 cm diameter. Leaf sheaths open, green with rings of yellowish, flattened, to 3 cm long spines; ocreas present, prominent, spiny; knees absent; flagella absent; petioles to 85 cm long, with groups of yellow spines; rachis to 1 m long with 27-37, linear leaflets per side, these regularly arranged; cirri absent. Inflorescences to 1.8 m long, erect, not flagellate; bracts split, open and tattering at the apices; partial inflorescences branched (the females appearing unbranched); fruits globose-ellipsoid, to 1.2 cm long and 0.9 cm diameter, brown. Distribution and habitat. Southern Laos (Phou Lefkay Conservation Forest) in lowland deciduous forest at 200-300 m elevation. Flowering and fruiting. Flowers May; fruits February, May, June.
Uses. The fruits are eaten, the stems used as tool handles, and the leaves for thatching.