ຫວາຍລາວ / Lao Rattan
APA 6th ed. ຫວາຍລາວ / Lao Rattan. (2021, August 27). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000152
MLA 8th ed. ຫວາຍລາວ / Lao Rattan. Pha Khao Lao, 27 August 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000152.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ຫວາຍລາວ / Lao Rattan." Published August 27, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000152.
Calamus paradoxus Kurz
Myrialepis floribunda (Becc.) Gagnep.
Myrialepis scortechinii Becc.
Palmijuncus paradoxus (Kurz) Kuntze
Plectocomiopsis annulata Ridl.
Plectocomiopsis floribunda Becc.
Plectocomiopsis paradoxa (Kurz) Becc.
Plectocomiopsis scortechinii (Becc.) Ridl.
Lao: Wai namsay, wai deng, wai keekay, wai lao, reduln
Viet: Song rúp, mây rúp
Description. Stems clustered, climbing, to 25 m long and 3.5 cm diameter. Leaf sheaths green with reddish-brown hairs, with short or long, oblique rows of needle-like, yellowish-brown, to 5 cm long spines; ocreas absent; knees absent; flagella absent; petioles to 30 cm long; rachis to 2.1 m long with 15-26, lanceolate leaflets per side, these irregularly arranged in clusters and spreading in different planes, sometimes with small spines on the margins; cirri present, to 1.5 m long. Inflorescences to 0.75 m long; fruits depressed globose, to 2.5 cm long and 3 cm diameter, greenish; fruit scales minute. Distribution and habitat. Cambodia, central Laos, and Southern Vietnam in Binh Thuan (Nui Ong N. R.) and Dong Nai (Cat Tien N. P.) (also in Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra) in lowland evergreen forest, usually at forest margins or in disturbed places at 150-224 m elevation. Flowering and fruiting. flowers May; fruits May. (M. Peters & A. Henderson, 2014).
Uses. Provides a low quality cane sometimes used in basket making and furniture making.