Plectocomia

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]

Plectocomia
Plectocomia elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Calamoideae
Tribe:	Calameae
Genus:	Plectocomia Mart. & Blume

Species

The genus contains the following known species:^[3][4]

1. Plectocomia assamica Griff. - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar
2. Plectocomia billitonensis Becc. - Belitung
3. Plectocomia bractealis Becc. - Assam
4. Plectocomia dransfieldiana Madulid - Perak
5. Plectocomia elmeri Becc. - Palawan, Mindanao
6. Plectocomia elongata Mart. ex Blume - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
   (synonym P. khasyana Griff. - Assam)
7. Plectocomia himalayana Griff. - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand
8. Plectocomia longistigma Madulid - Java
9. Plectocomia lorzingii Madulid - Sumatra
10. Plectocomia macrostachya Kurz - Myanmar
11. Plectocomia microstachys Burret - Hainan
12. Plectocomia mulleri Blume - Borneo, Malaysia
13. Plectocomia pierreana Becc. - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
14. Plectocomia pygmaea Madulid - Kalimantan

P. himalayana stems are cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Bhutan