Cephalostachyum capitatum Munro

Species

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Characteristics

A bamboo. It grows 13-15 m high. The culms are 2-5 cm across. The internodes are 25-40 cm long. It is green but becomes yellow with age. The leaves are 9-30 cm long and 5-11 mm wide. The flowering shoots are in a round brownish head. The seeds are brown and shiny.
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in the eastern Himalayas and in Tibet. It grows between 1,900-3,000 m altitude.
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Forms dense thickets on hillsides at elevations from 600-2,400 metres in Sikkim.
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Usage

The young shoot are eaten. They are boiled and prepared along with chilli fermented fish, potato and pea.
Uses animal food material medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Cephalostachyum capitatum world distribution map, present in Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:395364-1
WFO ID wfo-0000858765
COL ID 5XJYX
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Synonyms

Cephalostachyum capitatum Schizostachyum capitatum Bambusa capitata Schizostachyum munroi Cephalostachyum capitatum var. decompositum Schizostachyum capitatum var. decompositum Schizostachyum munroi var. decompositum