ໝາກຄໍ້ຂຽວ / Taraw palm
APA 6th ed. ໝາກຄໍ້ຂຽວ / Taraw palm. (2019, April 3). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/index.php/kb/0000182
MLA 8th ed. ໝາກຄໍ້ຂຽວ / Taraw palm. Pha Khao Lao, 3 April 2019, https://www.phakhaolao.la/index.php/kb/0000182.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2019. "ໝາກຄໍ້ຂຽວ / Taraw palm." Published April 3, 2019. https://www.phakhaolao.la/index.php/kb/0000182.
Livistona cochinchinensis (Blume) Mart. [Illegitimate]
Livistona hasseltii (Hassk.) Hassk. ex Miq.
Livistona hoogendorpii Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.
Livistona hoogendorpii hort. ex André
Livistona inaequisecta Becc.
Livistona spectabilis Griff.
Livistona tonkinensis Magalon
Livistona vogamii Becc.
Sabal hoogendorpii (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) L.H.Bailey
Sabal hoogendorpii (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) Kuntze
Saribus cochinchinensis Blume
Saribus hasseltii Hassk.
Saribus hoogendorpii (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) Kuntze
ຫວຽກນາມ: ເກໂດ, ເກດນາມ
ອັງກິດ: Taraw palm, swamp anaham, Ceylon oak.
The mak kho palm can reach up to 25 m in height, with a DBH of 60 cm. Its densely grouped leaves are 2 m wide, usually with some lower divisions down to a central rib. The leaflets are deeply divided, and the orange-yellow leafstalk is 2.4 m long with dark spines at its base. Inflorescences are about 1.5 m long, with three to four orders of branching. The round fruit is 1.5 cm-2 cm in diameter and has a thin fleshy blue skin which is green with white spots when young. It contains a single brown seed. The tree is similar to L. speciosa Kurz and these two are often confused with each other.
The mak kho fruit is edible after it is boiled, but oil may be extracted from it too. The bud leaf base or shoot of this palm is eaten as a vegetable, while the endosperms are edible if soaked in vinegar or a salt solution. The leaves are used for making roofs, mats, hats, packing material and local raincoats. This palm can endure cold weather and is grown as an ornamental in the USA.