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Calamus gracilis

Botanic Family

Arecaceae

Author

Roxburgh

Common Names

• Wai Hom or Wai Soum or Wai Tairtair (Lao Loum)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• C. & W. Hainan
• SE. & W. Yunnan - China
• India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Tropical forest

Flowering Times

• May (India)

Fruiting Times

• May-Jun (China)

Spiny climbing clustering rattan palm to 26m. Leaf sheaths with spines. Leaves to 600mm long with 6-29 pairs of leaflets to 255mm x 30mm, flagellum with recurved prickles. Male inflorescence to 1100mm, with rachillae to 23mm long, female to 800mm with rachillae to 55mm long. range or red-brown fruit 30mm x 17.5mm.

Edible fruit & shoot. High-quality cane.

Further References

• FOC
• FI
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Palmweb
• Phytotaxa