Chimonobambusa macrophylla (Hsueh & T.P.Yi) T.H.Wen & Ohrnb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Chimonobambusa

Characteristics

Culms 2–6 m, 1.5–2.1 cm in diam.; internodes 18–36 cm, flat above branches, initially white powdery or not, glabrous; wall 2.5–3.5 mm; nodes conspicuously raised into ring, readily disarticulating. Culm sheaths deciduous, triangular-ovate, thickly papery, glabrous or sparsely yellow-brown setose, margins ciliate; auricles absent; ligule truncate, 0.5–1 mm, ciliate; blade subulate or triangular-subulate, 3–9 mm, glabrous. Leaves (1 or)2 or 3(or 4) per ultimate branch; sheaths green, 4.5–7.2 cm, glabrous; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule purple-red, arched or truncate, 0.5–1 mm, glabrous; blade ovate-lanceolate, 11–26 × 1.6–5 cm, secondary veins 5–8 pairs, transverse veins distinct. Inflorescence and fruit unknown.
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A bamboo. It grows 2-6 m tall. The culms are 2 cm across. The internodes are 18-36 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the end branches. The leaf blade is oval and 11-26 cm long by 2-5 cm wide.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 6.0
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in broad-leaved forests between 1,400-2,200 m above sea level in Sichuan in China.
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Evergreen broad-leaved forests; at elevations from 1,400-2,200 metres.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food
Edible shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -10
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Distribution

Chimonobambusa macrophylla world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:948010-1
WFO ID wfo-0000859260
COL ID 69S3Z
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Synonyms

Chimonobambusa macrophylla f. leiboensis Chimonobambusa macrophylla Qiongzhuea macrophylla f. leiboensis Qiongzhuea macrophylla Qiongzhuea macrophylla Chimonobambusa macrophylla var. leiboensis Chimonobambusa macrophylla var. macrophylla Qiongzhuea macrophylla var. leiboensis