Gigantochloa apus Kurz

Gigantochloa (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Gigantochloa

Characteristics

A bamboo. It is an erect plant and forms tillers. It grows 10-20 m tall. The young culms have dense hairs. These stems can be 3-15 cm across. The walls can be 1 cm thick. The internodes are 30-65 cm long. The angles of the leaf sheath is rounded on the upper section. The leaves are oval or sword shaped and are unequal at the base. They are dark green above and lighter underneath. They are 9-40 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. The flowering shoot does not have leaves. The groups of flowers are 1-9 cm apart. There are many flowering spikes in the group.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 20.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

A tropical plant. In Java it grows from the lowlands to the high mountains. It is best in a fertile, clay soil and a moist climate. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. It is cultivated as a food in Indonesia.
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Found in open areas, disturbed forest and on river sides on sandy or clayey soils
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young shoots are used as a vegetable. They are bitter so are harvested and then buried for 3-4 days in moist soil or a pool. It is then washed and cooked and eaten.
Uses fiber food material medicinal
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Cultivation

It is grown from sections of the rhizome or underground stem. These are planted 2-3 m apart.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Gigantochloa apus world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Brazil, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:403988-1
WFO ID wfo-0000872997
COL ID 3G23K
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Synonyms

Bambusa apus Gigantochloa apus Arundarbor apus Gigantochloa kurzii Oxytenanthera apus Schizostachyum apus