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Korthalsia laciniosa is a large climbing palm (a rattan) from lowland and hill forests of Southeast Asia and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, grown in the wild rather than as a garden plant. It is a forest liana that needs a tall host or support and a hot, humid climate.
A large, very high liana, or "climbing tree" in the palm family, Korthalsia laciniosa occurs in the closed forests of Java, Sumatra, the Philippines, Malay Peninsula, Vietnam, Cambodia and elsewhere in Indochina, and the Nicobar and Andaman Islands.
The palm usually grows in lowland forests, often close to the coast, however on the Malay peninsula it has been observed growing in hill Dipterocarp forests up to 1000m elevation.
K. laciniosa is known as mây tầm võng in Vietnam (mây is common to many rattans, including more common and numerous Calamus species; other names such as mây ra may be used locally). Before 1990 it was harvested for markets, however in 2005 it was only used locally in Bạch Mã: harvested when the stems are 10-15mm diameter, and so allowing the clumped palm to grow the height given above.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Korthalsia laciniosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
