ຫວາຍຕາເລິກ / Square Leaf Rattan
APA 6th ed. ຫວາຍຕາເລິກ / Square Leaf Rattan. (2021, August 27). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000150
MLA 8th ed. ຫວາຍຕາເລິກ / Square Leaf Rattan. Pha Khao Lao, 27 August 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000150.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ຫວາຍຕາເລິກ / Square Leaf Rattan." Published August 27, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000150.
Calamosagus laciniosus Griff.
Calamosagus wallichiifolius Griff.
Korthalsia andamanensis Becc.
Korthalsia grandis Ridl.
Korthalsia scaphigera Kurz [Illegitimate]
Korthalsia teysmannii Miq.
Korthalsia wallichiifolia (Griff.) H.Wendl.
Lao: wai taleuk
Vie: mây rã phướn, mây tầm vông
Description. Stems clustered (and also branching above ground level), climbing, to 75 m long and 7 cm diameter. Leaf sheaths green with brown hairs, with scattered, black, triangular, to 1.9 cm long spines; ocreas to 20 cm long, sheathing, becoming loose and net-like in older leaves; knees absent; flagella absent; petioles to 10 cm long; rachis to 2 m long with 7-11, rhomboidal leaflets per side, these regularly arranged, 24-33 cm long, 11-18 cm wide, with jagged apices, silvery-gray on the lower surfaces; cirri present, to 1.2 m long. Inflorescences to 0.8 m long; fruits globose to ellipsoid, to 2 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, brown. Distribution and habitat. Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (also in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Sumatra) in lowland evergreen, semi-evergreen, or montane forest at 224-1,000 m elevation. Flowering and fruiting. Fruits December. (M. Peters & A. Henderson, 2014).
Uses. Provides a medium quality cane used in furniture making and basket making.