Biology:Korthalsia bejaudii

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Short description: Species of palm

Korthalsia bejaudii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Korthalsia
Species:
K. bejaudii
Binomial name
Korthalsia bejaudii
Gagnep.[1]

A liana in the Arecaceae, or palm, family, Korthalsia bejaudii is an endemic growing in the forests of Cambodia, noted from Kampong Cham Province.[2][3][1] The species is distinguished by shortened, truncate ocrea that do not disintegrate and possessing flattened spines, crowded near the tip, and leaves that are the same colour either side.[3]

Luxury canes and baskets were manufactured from the stalks, its names in Cambodia include phdau prèah and prèah phdau (phdau='rattan', prèah='sacred', Khmer).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Korthalsia bejaudii Gagnep.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Science. https://www.ipni.org/n/667720-1. Retrieved 7 April 2020. 
  2. Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. p. 388. https://books.google.com/books?id=InD2RAAACAAJ. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 John Dransfield (1981). "A synopsis of the genus Korthalsia (Palmae: Lepidocaryoidae)". Kew Bulletin 36 (1): 163–194. doi:10.2307/4119016. 

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