Rattan PRODUCT NAME
Plectocomiopsis geminiflora (Griff.) Becc. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Rattan |
| Local Name: | Cambodia: Phdao Teang Oa, Phdao Thngae |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
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| Product Description: | Habit: clustering; climbing rattan; up to ca. 50m long. Leaf sheath: 1.5-6cm diameter; green. Sheath spines: moderately sparse; scattered solitary; 0.3-3cm; spines at sheath mouth up to 4cm long; spines needle-shaped; thin, not hard; light greenish yellow. Knee: absent. Ocrea: 3-10cm long; papery; grey; dry and tattering. Climbing organ: cirrus, 70-120cm long. Leaves: 80-200cm long, petiole 0-13cm long; rachis 70-146cm long; petiole not channelled; spines absent on upper surface; spines in rows on back surface; leaf apex ended with cirrus. Leaflets regular; 15-30 on each side. Leaflets on middle rachis 25-40 x 1.5-4cm; linear-elliptic; base cuneate; margin bristly; apex acuminate; mid vein prominent; upper surface sparse golden bristles, below surface glabrous. Cane: 1-3cm diameter; internodes 8-27cm long; core soft; poorly durable and flexible. Inflorescence: 0.4m long with no flagellum; primary bracts entire, inflated, unarmed. Fruit: 3 x 3cm, globose, top-shaped, scale chestnut-brown with pale margin. Seed not ruminate |
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DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Cambodia |
| Description: | Found in Keo Seima district, Mondulkiri province, and Dang Peng commune, Sre Ambel district Mondulkiri province. Habit in mixed bamboo-semi-evergreen forest and evergreen forest. On 100-800 meters altitude |
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| Market Information: | there is no local or international trade of this species because of its quality is poor |
| Partners: | WWF Greater Mekong – Cambodia Country Programme |
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