Myrialepis paradoxa (Kurz) J.Dransf.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Myrialepis

Characteristics

A rattan. It grows in clusters and climbs 7 m tall. There are rings of sharp spines. The leaves are 3 m long. There are leaflets along the stalk. They are dark green. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The flowering shoots are branched and 60 cm long. The fruit is shiny and green to brown and covered with scales. There is one seed.
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Mature height (meter) 35.0
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Environment

Found in a wide range of habtas from severely degraded forest to semi-evergreen forest at elevations up to 300 metres. Lowland to montane rain forest, usually at forest margins or in disturbed places, at elevations up to 1,600 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. In Indochina it grows in evergreen forest between 100-300 m altitude. In warmer places it grows to 1,000 m altitude.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Edible shoots stems
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Myrialepis paradoxa world distribution map, present in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:910950-1
WFO ID wfo-0000248194
COL ID 45875
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Synonyms

Myrialepis paradoxa Myrialepis floribunda Myrialepis scortechinii Palmijuncus paradoxus Plectocomiopsis floribunda Plectocomiopsis paradoxa Plectocomiopsis scortechinii Bejaudia cambodiensis Calamus paradoxus Plectocomiopsis annulata