Characteristics
An erect straggling bamboo. It grows 18 m high. The stems have no spines. The leaves are small. The spikelets are densely covered with rather stiff or bristly hairs. The keels of the flowers have a prominent line of hairs.
Life form |
perennial
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Growth form |
|
Growth support |
free-standing
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Foliage retention |
deciduous
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Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
Pollination |
-
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Spread |
-
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Mature width (meter) |
-
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Mature height (meter) |
18.0
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Root system |
-
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Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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Root diameter (meter) |
-
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Flower color |
-
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Blooming months |
-
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Fruit color |
-
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Fruiting months |
-
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Nitrogen fixer |
-
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Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
A tropical plant. It occurs in the mountain ranges of Nueva Vizcaya about 600 m altitude in the Philippines.
Light |
-
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Soil humidity |
-
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Soil texture |
-
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Soil acidity |
-
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Soil nutriment |
-
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Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
The young shoots are cooked and eaten.
Uses |
material
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Edible
|
shoots
|
Therapeutic use
|
-
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Human toxicity |
-
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Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
Mode |
-
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Germination duration (days) |
-
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Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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Germination luminosity |
-
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Germination treatment |
-
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Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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Size |
-
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Vigor |
-
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Productivity |
-
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