Serial no: 63
Status: Basic
Last update: 2024-10-26

ຫວາຍຫອມ
Coriander Rattan

Calamus gracilis Roxb.


Plants
Aquatic plants

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Local name:
ໄທ: ຫວາຍຫອມ ວຽດນາມ: ເມີຍທາມ, ເມີຍຊາງ [mây tắt, mây nước] ( Local names: wai soum, wai tairtair Thai: wai hom Vietnamese: meuytheum, meuy saang)

Synonyms :
Palmijuncus gracilis (Roxb.) Kuntze

Family:
Arecaceae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology
Global distribution:
N/A

Distribution in Laos :

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:
N/A

Invasiveness :
N/A

IUCN status :
N/A

Lao official status :
N/A

Use
Use types:
Food
Clothing and footwear

Comments on use types:

Wai hom’s thin inner seed coat makes it very easy to propagate.


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

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