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.

Species

The genus 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 (synonym P. khasyana Griff. - Assam)
  • Plectocomia himalayana Griff. - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand
  • 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