The following list of Khmu (Kammu Yuan dialect [1] of Luang Namtha Province, Laos) plant names is from Svantesson et al. (2013). [2]
Kammu name | English name | Scientific name | Uses | Classification |
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hmlìik | alga | algae | ||
klèey | pond scum | Spirogyra | food | algae |
lɛ̀-lɛ̀ | alga | algae | ||
lìik-lìik klàaŋ | alga | algae | ||
tlóoc | alga | food | algae | |
hmpúuy ùt | clubmoss | Lycopodium | clubmosses | |
hmpúuy ùt | spikemoss | Selaginella willdenowii | clubmosses | |
phɛ́ɛk | Khasia pine | Pinus kesiya | conifers | |
klár wàr | climbing fern | Lygodium flexuosum | food | ferns and horsetails |
kr̀súuñ | pako | Athyrium esculentum | food | ferns and horsetails |
pàn-pɛ̀ɛŋ | fern | ferns and horsetails | ||
tìiŋ pr̀yɔ̀ɔŋ | horsetail | Equisetum debile | ferns and horsetails | |
twá | fern | ferns and horsetails | ||
twá kàa | Microsorum normale | food | ferns and horsetails | |
twá kàm-kòr | tree fern | ferns and horsetails | ||
twá kǹtúar púas | cycad fern | Blechnum orientale | ferns and horsetails | |
twá kǹtúar púas | cycad fern | Brainea insignis | ||
twá màh | bracken | Pteridium aquilinum | food | ferns and horsetails |
twá smyɔ̀ɔŋ | Pteris longipinnula | spiritual world | ferns and horsetails | |
twá tŋ́kə̀ər | staghorn fern | Gleichenia linearis | medicinal use | ferns and horsetails |
twá yàan | fern | housing | ferns and horsetails |
Kammu name | English name | Scientific name | Uses | Classification |
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tís | mushroom | mushrooms | ||
tís cńtràŋ | chanterelle | Cantharellus | food | mushrooms |
tís hryà róoy | stinkhorn | Phallus indusiatus | mushrooms | |
tís ká | Pleurocybe | food | mushrooms | |
tís kĺtɨ̀ak | mushroom | food | mushrooms | |
tís kǹsáh | Russula densifolia | food | mushrooms | |
tís kɔ́ɔk sá | bird's nest fungus | Cyathus striatus | mushrooms | |
tís ktáak tí tmɔ̀ɔŋ | mushroom | food | mushrooms | |
tís lmtàaŋ | mushroom | food | mushrooms | |
tís màam | mushroom | food | mushrooms | |
tís mɔ̀ɔs | split gill | Schizophyllum commune | food, medicinal use | mushrooms |
tís ñɔ̀ɔm èem | mushroom | food | mushrooms | |
tís pnɨ̀m | Termitomyces | food | mushrooms | |
tís pŋ̀kɨ̀l | mushroom | food | mushrooms | |
tís tpáŋ | mushroom | food | mushrooms | |
tís túr | Campanella | food | mushrooms | |
tís yɔ̀ɔr | mushroom | food | mushrooms | |
tís ˀyíak tráak | Amanita | mushrooms |
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