Gigantochloa atter (Hassk.) Kurz

Species

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Characteristics

A tall bamboo. It grows 12-22 m high. It forms many tillers. It can be green or black. The stems are 5-10 cm across. The leaves are sword shaped and narrowed at the base. The side are unequal. They are 15-30 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. The flowering shoots have many branches. There are 5-15 spikelets in a group.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 20.0
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Commonly cultivated, it is very rarely found near the forest, on the forest edge and in other disturbed areas probably as remnants from previous human settlement.
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A tropical plant. In Java it grows in the lowlands and up to about 1,400 m above sea level. It grows on alluvial, limestone and sandy soils.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The young shoots are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses environmental use food fuel material
Edible shoots
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from sections of the rhizome or division of the clump.
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Images

Gigantochloa atter unspecified picture

Distribution

Gigantochloa atter world distribution map, present in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Philippines, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:403991-1
WFO ID wfo-0000873000
COL ID 3G23P
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Synonyms

Gigantochloa atter Bambusa atter Bambusa thouarsii var. atter