Plectocomia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.[1] Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.[2] It contains the following known species:[3][4]
Plectocomia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species:
Plectocomia assamica Griff. - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar Plectocomia billitonensis Becc. - Belitung Plectocomia bractealis Becc. - Assam Plectocomia dransfieldiana Madulid - Perak Plectocomia elmeri Becc. - Palawan, Mindanao Plectocomia elongata Mart. ex Blume - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines Plectocomia himalayana Griff. - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand Plectocomia khasyana Griff. - Assam Plectocomia longistigma Madulid - Java Plectocomia lorzingii Madulid - Sumatra Plectocomia macrostachya Kurz - Myanmar Plectocomia microstachys Burret - Hainan Plectocomia mulleri Blume - Borneo, Malaysia Plectocomia pierreana Becc. - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan Plectocomia pygmaea Madulid - Kalimantan
P. himalayana stems are cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Bhutan
