Phakhaolao Species Database

Serial no: 65

Status: Basic

Last update: 2024-10-26

ຫວາຍນໍ້າ
Water Rattan
Calamus viminalis Willd.

Plants

Herbaceous plants

Vines

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Local name:

ໄທ: ຫວາຍຂົມ, ຫວາຍດົງ ວຽດນາມ: ເມີຍເນບ ( Local names: wai nam pheung, wai khom, wai daeng, yo re dark Thai: wai khom, wai dong Vietnamese: meuy nep)

Synonyms :

Calamus buroensis Mart. ex Walp.
Calamus extensus Mart.
Calamus fasciculatus Roxb.
Calamus fasciculatus subvar. andamanicus Becc.
Calamus fasciculatus subvar. bengalensis Becc.
Calamus fasciculatus subvar. cochinchinensis Becc.
Calamus fasciculatus subvar. pinangianus Becc.
Calamus litoralis Blume
Calamus phuocbinhensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
Calamus pseudorotang Mart.
Calamus siamensis Becc.
Calamus siamensis var. malaianus Furtado
Calamus viminalis var. fasciculatus (Roxb.) Becc.
Palmijuncus fasciculatus (Roxb.) Kuntze
Palmijuncus litoralis (Blume) Kuntze
Palmijuncus pseudorotang (Mart.) Kuntze
Palmijuncus viminalis (Willd.) Kuntze
Rotang viminalis (Willd.) Baill.

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:

Factories or middlemen buy canes for $0.3-$0.5 per kg. The rattan factory in Vientiane Province sells processed canes for $1.1 per kg (stems 2 cm in diameter and 5 m) and $5 per kg (1 cm-diameter stems).

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

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References:

ຈັນສະໜອນ ພົງອຸດົມ, ສູນທອນ ເກດພັນ, ວີຈິດ ລຳໄຊ ແລະ ບັນຊາ ທຳມະວົງ. 2014. ບັນດາລະບົບ, ນິເວດວິທະຍາ ແລະ ການຈັດສັນຫວາຍຢູ່ ກຳປູເຈຍ, ລາວ ແລະ ຫວຽດນາມ. ອົງການກອງທຶນອະນຸລັກທຳມະຊາດໂລກປະຈຳລາວ.
Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok
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.
Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

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ຫວາຍນໍ້າ Water Rattan Calamus viminalis Willd.