ຫວາຍຕາເລິກ / Square Leaf Rattan

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Food

Fibre

Medicine

Shelter

Scientific Name / Family

Korthalsia laciniosa (Griff.) Mart. / Arecaceae

Synonyms

Calamosagus harinifolius Griff.
Calamosagus laciniosus Griff.
Calamosagus wallichiifolius Griff.
Korthalsia andamanensis Becc.
Korthalsia grandis Ridl.
Korthalsia scaphigera Kurz [Illegitimate]
Korthalsia teysmannii Miq.
Korthalsia wallichiifolia (Griff.) H.Wendl.

Other Names

Cam: Preah phdao, phdao krahorm
Lao: wai taleuk
Vie: mây rã phướn, mây tầm vông

Botanical Description

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).

Description of Use

Uses. Provides a medium quality cane used in furniture making and basket making.

References / Citations

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

Greijmans, M., Ketphanh, S., Lamxay, V., & Sengdala, K. 2007. Non-Timber Forest Products in the Lao PDR. A Manual of 100 Commercial and Traditional Producs. 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. WW-Greater Mekong and The New York Botanical Garden.

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

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