Dendrocalamus sinicus L.C.Chia & J.L.Sun

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Dendrocalamus

Characteristics

Culms 20–30 m, 20–30 cm in diam.; internodes 17–22 cm. Culm sheaths deciduous or persistent, initially yellow-green, thickly leathery; auricles absent; ligule ca. 6 mm; blade erect. Leaf sheaths initially slightly hairy, becoming glabrous; ligule 1.5–2 mm; blade 20–40 × 4–6.5 cm. Pseudospikelets 1 or more. Spikelets 30–35 × 6.5–7.5 mm; florets 5 or 6. Glumes 1.2–1.5 cm, abaxially slightly hairy, apex mucronate; lemma 17–25 mm; palea 5-veined between keels, apex bifid. Filaments 1.5–3 cm; anthers 8–12 mm. Style long; stigma 1. Fruit unknown.
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A bamboo. It grows 20-30 m tall and the culms are 20-30 cm across. The internodes are 17-22 cm long. The leaf blade is 20-40 cm long by 4-7 cm wide.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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It is a tropical plant. It grows between 600-1,000 m above sea level in Yunnan.
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The shoots are eaten cooked.
Uses afforestation
Edible shoots
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Distribution

Dendrocalamus sinicus world distribution map, present in China and Lao People's Democratic Republic

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899707-1
WFO ID wfo-0000862387
COL ID 6CJLT
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Synonyms

Dendrocalamus sinicus Sinocalamus sinicus