Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees & Arn. ex Munro

Culms 12–18 m, 9–13 cm in diam., often very pendulous; internodes 30–50 cm, persistently densely white to brown scurfy; wall 1.2–2 cm thick. Branches several, dominant central branch very well developed, especially on older pendulous culms where branches can approach size of culm. Culm sheaths deciduous, initially with patches or stripes of dark brown hairs, margins ciliate, apex slightly arched; auricles absent but with a delicate, naked, triangular protuberance to 1 cm on each side; ligule 1–3 mm, apex somewhat undulate and dentate; blade erect, 3–7 cm, narrow. Leaf sheaths yellow setose; ligule 1.5–2 mm; blade variable, largest ca. 38 × 7 cm. Pseudospikelets 10–25 per node, clusters 1–4 cm in diam. Spikelets dark purple, 8–10 × 3–5 mm, glabrous; fertile florets 2–4. Glumes 1 or 2; lemma 5–7 × 6–7 mm, apex long mucronate; palea about as long as lemma, apex bifid. Anthers yellow or red-purple, apex apiculate. Style ca. 4.5 mm; stigmas 1–3, red-purple. Caryopsis brown, ± spherical.

A tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in Nepal between 500-2000 m altitude. It grows up to 900 m altitude in Uttar Pradesh in India. In XTBG Yunnan.

Young shoots are cooked as a vegetable. They are also used in curry and pickles. The parts near the base are washed, boiled and cooked as a vegetable. The shoots are fermented and used to flavour meat.

Plants can be grown from seed or by splitting the rhizome. It can also be grown by cuttings of the stems.