Characteristics
A bamboo. It forms dense clumps. It has short rhizomes. The stems are 15 m tall and 5-7 cm across. They are woody. The internodes are 40 cm long. The walls are thick. They are light green. The leaves are sword shaped. The flowering shoots are in star shaped clusters at the nodes.
| Life form |
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| Growth form |
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
anemogamy
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
12.0
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| Root system |
rhizome
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
River banks, mountain slopes and even steep cliffs at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
| Uses |
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| Edible
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shoots
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| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
Plants can be grown from sections of the rhizome.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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