Phakhaolao Species Database

Serial no: 72

Status: Basic

Last update: 2024-10-26

ຫວາຍຫາງໜູ
Rat Tail Rattan
Calamus tetradactylus Hance.

Plants

Herbaceous plants

Vines

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Local name:

ລາວ: ຫວາຍຫາງໜູ, ຫວາຍຫາງໜູໃຫຍ່, ຫວາຍສະວັງ, ກະເຈັກດອກຄະແນ, ເຣຢື ກຳປູເຈຍ: ແຊຊົງ, ປະເດົາຈັນເກຣັດ, ປາດາວລະປຽກ, ຫະປຽກ ຫວຽດນາມ: ເໝີຍເໜັບ, ເໝືຍເຕັດ, ເໝີຍຣິດກຳ ( Vietnamese: meuy nep)

Synonyms :

Calamus batoensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
Calamus bonianus Becc.
Calamus cambojensis Becc.
Calamus crispus A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
Calamus flavinervis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
Calamus solitarius T.Evans, Sengdala, Viengkham, Thamm. & J.Dransf.
Palmijuncus tetradactylus (Hance) 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
Tools and utensils
Clothing and footwear

Comments on use types:

But its shoots are usually too small to eat. 5 m canes sell for $0.1-$0.2, and smaller stems for $2.5-$5 per kg.

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:

ຈັນສະໜອນ ພົງອຸດົມ, ສູນທອນ ເກດພັນ, ວີຈິດ ລຳໄຊ ແລະ ບັນຊາ ທຳມະວົງ. 2014. ບັນດາລະບົບ, ນິເວດວິທະຍາ ແລະ ການຈັດສັນຫວາຍຢູ່ ກຳປູເຈຍ, ລາວ ແລະ ຫວຽດນາມ. ອົງການກອງທຶນອະນຸລັກທຳມະຊາດໂລກປະຈຳລາວ.
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.
Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok
Evans,T. & K. Sengdala & B. Thammavong & O.V. Viengkham & J. Dransfield. (2002). A Synopsis of the Rattans (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) of Laos and Neighbouring Parts of Indochina.

Factsheet creator:

Factsheet reviewer:

ຫວາຍຫາງໜູ Rat Tail Rattan Calamus tetradactylus Hance.