Phakhaolao Species Database

Serial no: 550

Status: Basic

Last update: 2024-10-26

ໄມ້ແປກສາມຍອຍ
Three-needled Pine
Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon

Plants

Woody plants

Trees and palms

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Local name:

Chinese: 思茅松 [ka xi song] Lao: Paek sam bai Vietnamese: Thông ba lá ( Chinese: 思茅松 [ka xi song] Lao: Paek sam bai Vietnamese: Thông ba lá )

Synonyms :

Pinus cavendishiana Parl.
Pinus insularis var. khasyana (Griff.) Silba
Pinus kasya Parl.
Pinus kasya Royle ex Parl.
Pinus khasia Engelm.
Pinus khasya Hook.f.
Pinus khasyana Griff.

Family:

Pinaceae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology

Global distribution:

N/A

Distribution in Laos :

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:

N/A

Invasiveness :

N/A

IUCN status :

Least concern

Lao official status :

N/A

Use

Use types:

Energy and lighting
Leisure

Comments on use types:

The soft and light wood is commonly used as timber, in housing implements and constructions, for boxes, matches, paper pulp, board-making, window or door frames, old- and slow-growing trees which develop red heartwood are chipped and used as torches sold in the local market, used for furniture, temporary electric poles, sometimes used as firewood. Resin good but not abundant, therefore not yet economically exploited.

Domestication:

N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:

N/A

Value chains:

N/A

Nutrition

Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:

N/A

Nutrient	/100g	Remark
Proteins	N/A	N/A
Carbohydrates	N/A	N/A
Fats	N/A	N/A
Vitamins	N/A	N/A
Minerals	N/A	N/A
Fibers	N/A	N/A

References

Photo credits:

References:

Luu, Nguyen Duc To and Philip Ian Thomas. 2004. Cay La Kim Vietnam/ Conifers of Vietnam. Darwin Initiative. ISBN 1 872291 64 3. Available: http://www.ceh.ac.uk/sections/bm/conifer_manual.html (8-Mar-2006).
Hoang Van Sam, Khamseng Nanthavong & P.J.A. Kessler. (2004). Trees of Laos and Vietnam: A field guide to 100 economically or ecologically important species. Blumea 49: 201-349
Leonid V. Averyanov, Tien Hiep Nguyen, Khang Nguyen Sinh, The Van Pham, Vichith Lamxay, Somchanh Bounphanmy, Shengvilai Lorphengsy, Loc Ke Phan, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Khamfa Chantthavongsa. 2014. Gymnosperms of Laos. Nordic Journal of Botany 32(6): 765-805

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ໄມ້ແປກສາມຍອຍ Three-needled Pine Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon