Culms 2–6 m, 5–15 mm in diam., internodes terete, 15–35 cm, initially white powdery, becoming glabrous; sheath ring elevated, woody; wall 1.5–2 mm thick; culm sheaths triangular, thickly papery, sparsely gray ciliate; auricles absent; ligule truncate or slightly concave, ca. 1 mm; blade reflexed, subulate or narrowly lanceolate, abaxially glabrous. Leaves 4–10 per ultimate branch; leaf sheath auricles absent; ligule truncate, ca. 1 mm, serrate; blade 3–9 × 0.4–0.8(–1.1) cm, glabrous, transverse veins not distinct. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots Aug.