Dendrocalamus sikkimensis Gamble ex Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Dendrocalamus

Characteristics

Culms 10–18 m, 10–13 cm in diam.; internodes becoming orange, 46–56 cm; wall 1–2.5 cm thick. Branches several, sometimes 1 branch dominant. Culm sheaths deciduous, leathery, very densely dark brown velvety; auricles reflexed, broad, 0.5–2 × 0.2–0.5 cm; oral setae orange, curved, long; ligule ca. 5 mm, serrulate; blade strongly deflexed, 10–18 cm. Leaf sheaths appressed white hairy; auricles and oral setae prominent; ligule ca. 1 mm; blade variable, 15–30 × 3.8–7 cm. Pseudospikelet clusters ca. 4 cm in diam. Spikelets lanceolate, 1.2–1.8 cm; florets 2 or 3. Glumes 3 or 4, ovate; lemma ovate, margins ciliate, apex acute or mucronate; palea keels ciliate, many veined. Anthers apiculate at apex. Ovary spherical. Caryopsis obovoid, apex beaked.
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A bamboo. It grows 10-18 m tall. The culms are 10-13 cm across. The internodes are orange and 46056 cm long. There are several branches. The leaves are 15-30 cm long by 4-7 cm wide.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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It is a tropical plant. In southern China it grows between 100-600 m above sea level. In Yunnan. In Cairns Botanical Gardens.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses food medicinal
Edible shoots
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Distribution

Dendrocalamus sikkimensis world distribution map, present in China, Cuba, Honduras, and Puerto Rico

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:397910-1
WFO ID wfo-0000862386
COL ID 34P4D
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Synonyms

Dendrocalamus sikkimensis