Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro

Culms 20–25 m, 15–30 cm in diam.; internodes 45–60 cm; wall 1–3 cm thick. Branches several, central branch dominant. Culm sheaths deciduous, thickly leathery; auricles small; ligule 1–3 mm, serrulate; blade reflexed, ovate to lanceolate. Leaf sheaths initially slightly hairy, becoming glabrous; ligule 1–2 mm, serrulate; blade oblong-lanceolate, 15–35(–50) × 2.5–7 cm. Pseudospikelets 1–7 or more per node. Spikelets 12–15 × 7–13 mm; florets 6–8. Glumes 2 or more, ca. 5 mm, margins ciliate; lemma 12–13 × 7–16 mm; palea 7–11 × 3–4 mm. Anthers yellow, 5–6 mm, apex mucronate. Ovary broadly ovoid; style white hairy; stigma 1. Caryopsis 8–12 mm.

It is cultivated. It occurs in subtropical conditions. It grows up to 1,000 m altitude in Taiwan. It can tolerate temperatures to-4°C. It can also grow in the lowland tropics. It does best on moist fertile soil. Alkaline or acid soils are not suitable for shoots. Melbourne Botanical Gardens. In XTBG Yunnan. In Sichuan.

The shoots are eaten cooked or canned. They are also shredded and dried. They are also fermented. The shoots are eaten raw. They are also shredded and dried and used in snacks.

Plants can be grown from seed or by rhizome and culm cuttings. Fresh seed germinate in 2 weeks. Culm or stem cuttings 50 cm long with 2 nodes and from 2 year old culms are used. They are planted horizontally 6-10 cm deep. A spacing for shooted cuttings is 4-5 m apart. Harvested shoots are steamed, cut lengthwise, cleaned and sterilised in boiling water for 15 minutes before eating or canning. Shoots are harvested 7-25 days after they emerge.