ຫວາຍນົກຄໍ້ / Bird Break Rattan

Use
Food
Fibre
Income
Shelter
Scientific Name / Family
Calamus nambariensis Becc. / Arecaceae
Synonyms
Calamus banlingensis Cheng Y.Yang, Zheng H.Yang & J.Lu
Calamus doriaei Becc.
Calamus giganteus var. robustus S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus inermis T.Anderson
Calamus inermis var. menghaiensis San Y.Chen, S.J.Pei & K.L.Wang
Calamus khasianus Becc.
Calamus multinervis var. menglaensis San Y.Chen, S.J.Pei & K.L.Wang
Calamus nambariensis var. alpinus S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus nambariensis var. furfuraceus S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus nambariensis var. menglongensis S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus nambariensis var. xishuangbannaensis S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus nambariensis var. yingjiangensis S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus obovoideus S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus palustris var. longistachys S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus platyacanthoides Merr.
Calamus platyacanthus Warb. ex Becc. [Illegitimate]
Calamus platyacanthus var. longicarpus San Y.Chen & K.L.Wang
Calamus platyacanthus var. mediostachys S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Calamus polydesmus Becc.
Calamus wailong S.J.Pei & S.Y.Chen
Palmijuncus inermis (T.Anderson) Kuntze
Other Names
Lao: Wai nwn, wai niuw, wai nokkhor, wai namleuang, kateng blor
Vie: song mật, mây song, song
Botanical Description

Description. Stems solitary or clustered, climbing, to 35 m long and 5 cm diameter. Leaf sheaths green, yellowish, or reddish-brown, with densely arranged, yellowish-brown, triangular, flattened, ward pointing,
to 5 cm long spines, often interspersed amongst many shorter spines; ocreas small, non-spiny; knees prominent; flagella absent; petioles short or absent; rachis to 3.3 m long with 13-36, lanceolate leaflets per side, these irregularly or regularly arranged, sometimes in distant clusters, bristly along the margins; cirri present, to 1.6 m long. Inflorescences to 2 m long, not flagellate; bracts tubular; fruits borne on short stalks, globose to ovoid or ellipsoid, to 2.4 cm long and 2.5 cm diameter, whitish, with channeled scales. Distribution and habitat. Northern and central Laos and central and Northern Vietnam (also in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Northeastern India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand) in lowland evergreen or montane
forest at 100-1,500 m elevation. Flowering and fruiting. Flowers in March-May; fruits in July, September-November. (M. Peters & A. Henderson, 2014).

Description of Use

Uses. Provides a high quality cane used in furniture making and binding; sometimes planted.

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