ຫວາຍກະທີງ / Bull Rattan

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Food

Fibre

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Shelter

Scientific Name / Family

Calamus oligostachys T. Evans, K. Sengdala, O. Viengkham, B. Thammavong & J. Dransf. / Arecaceae

Synonyms

Calamus pauciflorus T.Evans & al.

Other Names

Botanical Description

Description. Stems clustered, climbing, to 7 m long and 1 cm diameter. Leaf sheaths green with scattered, brown, needle-like, to 0.7 cm long spines; ocreas present; knees present; flagella present, to 1.8 m long; petioles to 10 cm long; rachis to 0.6 m long with 5-9, elliptic leaflets per side, these clustered, the apical ones close together in a fan shape, the apical pair joined at their bases; cirri absent. Inflorescences to 2.2 m long, flagellate, the first partial inflorescence not or scarcely branched; bracts tubular; fruits globose, to 0.7 cm diameter, yellowish. Distribution and habitat. Central Laos (also in Thailand) in lowland evergreen forest at low elevations.

Description of Use

Uses. Provides a cane used in making handicrafts.

References / Citations

ຈັນສະໜອນ ພົງອຸດົມ, ສູນທອນ ເກດພັນ, ວີຈິດ ລຳໄຊ ແລະ ບັນຊາ ທຳມະວົງ. 2014. ບັນດາລະບົບ, ນິເວດວິທະຍາ ແລະ ການຈັດສັນຫວາຍຢູ່ ກຳປູເຈຍ, ລາວ ແລະ ຫວຽດນາມ. ອົງການກອງທຶນອະນຸລັກທຳມະຊາດໂລກປະຈຳລາວ.

Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.

Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Evans,T. & K. Sengdala & B. Thammavong & O.V. Viengkham & J. Dransfield, A Synopsis of the Rattans (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) of Laos and Neighbouring Parts of Indochina. 2002

Greijmans, M., Ketphanh, S., Lamxay, V., & Sengdala, K. 2007. Non-Timber Forest Products in the Lao PDR. A Manual of 100 Commercial and Traditional Produces. The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute. Vientiane, Lao PDR.

Pterers C.M. & Henderson, A. 2014. Systematic, Ecology and Management of Rattans in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. WWF-Greater Mekong and The New York Botanical Garden.